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The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver — 359 episodes

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362: Comparison Will Make You Miserable

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361: Keep The Target Off Your Back

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360: Stepmom Becomes Only Legal Parent to Stepdaughter

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359: Building a Custody Case Against Narcissistic and Abusive Co-Parents

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358: Mother's Day Doesn't Have to Suck

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357: Estate Planning In Stepfamilies

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356: Who Pays For College In A Stepfamily

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355: Family Court Don'ts ~ Whitney Antoniono Family Law Attorney

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354: Stepkids Don't Disappear at 18

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353: Don't Do This & Big Announcement

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352: Apartnering Because Of Stepkid

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351: Losing Yourself In The Blend

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350: Your Partner Can Be The Problem

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349: Valentine's Day Expectations

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348: Successful Co-parenting

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347: Adult Stepkid Moves Back In

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346: They Can Put Their Big Person Panties On

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345: Some Blends Are Toxic

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344: Stepfamily New Year's Expectations

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343: Stepfamilies Can Change In The Blink Of An Eye

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342: That's Not Nachoing!

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341: Sick Stepkids

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340: Cell Phones Between Homes

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339: Gifts Between Homes

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338: I Don't Love My Stepkids

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337: I'm Not Buying The Stepkid Christmas Presents

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336: I'm Not Leaving My Stepkid Nothing In My Will

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335: Parenting Adult Children - Catherine Hickem

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334: That Family Law Guy - Daniel Ryan - Part 2

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333: That Family Law Guy - Daniel Ryan - Part 1

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332: It's Not Always Intentional

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331: Blended: Between Two Homes ~ Summer Butler

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330: Is It My Problem Or My Responsibility?

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329: Mindful Marriage With Ron and Nan Deal

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328: Don't Have Conversations When You Are...

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327: Stepmom Says Just To Shut Up

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326: Guilty Parent Syndrome

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325: One Stepkid's Journey

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324: When The Stepkids Lie

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323: Emotional Regulation With Michaela Bucchianeri

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322: Don't Get Divorced Over Dirty Dishes

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321: One Big Happy Family ~ Stepmom and Bio Mom are Friends

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320: Send Those Kids Back to School

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319: Billie Tarascio Shares Her Blended Journey

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318: Therapists Don't Know Everything

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317: Laura Petherbridge ~ Stepfamilies of the Bible

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316: Coping With Codependent Behavior From Your Partner's Ex

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315: Macaroni And Cheese, Cats, and Teenage Stepkids

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314: Fairness And Conflict in the Blended Family

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313: Daryl Potter ~ Something More: Living Well In A Broken World

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312: Sacrifices In Stepfamilies

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311: Blend Don't Break - Chad M. Brignac

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310: Disrespect in Stepfamilies

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309: Blending With Autism

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308: Graduations And Stepfamilies

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307: Lisa Wilson ~ A History of Stepfamilies in Early America

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306: Easter In Stepfamilies

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305: The Good Divorce Coach ~ Karen McNenny

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304: Nacho Parenting: It's Not About Ignoring Step Kids

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303: Affairs Create Stepfamilies

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302: Mother's Day Doesn't Have To Suck For Stepmoms

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301: Stepmom Didn't Want Kids - Audio

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300: 300 Podcasts Later: Our Blended Family Journey

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299: Stepmom Takes Care Of Bio Mom

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298: Three Things Not To Say To A Stepparent

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297: Couples Communication ~ Raffi Bilek

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296: 3 Things To NOT Do As A Stepparent

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295: Emotional Resilience in the Stepfamily

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294: Emotional Turmoil in the Stepfamily

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293: Trust-Based Relationship Intervention (TBRI)

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292: Nacho Parenting In The New Year

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291: Stepkids Taught Stepmom How To Be A Better Bio Parent

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290: Stepdaughter In-Law Issues

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289: Bio Mom Is The Problem, Not The Stepkids

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288: Blended Holidays With Claudette Chenevert and Lori Sims

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287: Holiday Discussions With Laura Petherbridge

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286: Stepmom In Second Blend Part 2

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285: Stepmom's Second Blend

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284: Financial Planning in the Blend ~ Brian Peterson

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283: Our Family Wizard ~ Kevin Dorsey

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282: Financial Planning For Blended Families ~ Mikel Van Cleve

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281: The Birth of Nacho Kids Nacho Parenting

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280: Ours Kid Turned Stepmom

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279: The Anxious Stepmom ~ Michaela Bucchianari

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278: Between Two Homes ~ Bradley S. Craig Part II

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277: Between Two Homes ~ Bradley Craig

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276: Stepkid Views Nachoing Stepmom As Mum

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275: Stepfamily Expectations

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274: The Holidays Are Coming

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273: Nacho Really Works!

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272: Balancing Nacho as a Christian Stepdad

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271: Things Changed When She Had Her Own Kid

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270: Stepmom Finally Started Nachoing

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269: Billie Tarascio ~ Modern Law

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268: Perception Is Not Reality

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267: When Will The Stepparent Love My Kid Like Their Own

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266: Lori & David Answer Nacho Questions

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265: Struggling Stepdad Needs Nacho

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264: Krista St. Germain ~ Navigating Grief In Blended Families

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263: Rachel King ~ Family Law Attorney

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262: "Every Other Weekend" ~ Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mohr

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261: Interview With Lisa Johnson ~ Author of "Been There Got Out"

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260: Chose To Marry But Not Live Together

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259: Stepkid Graduations

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258: Mother's Day Struggles For Stepmoms

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257: Interview With Veronica Grace Andrews ~ Healing Stepmom Burnout

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256: Stepfamily Vacations

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255: Stepkid Gets An Arrow Through His Head

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254: Lori & David Answer Nacho Questions

110

253: Parental Alienation ~ A Legal Or Mental Health Issue?

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252: Stepson Wants Stepmom To Be Mom

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251: Ruminating In The Blend

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250: Time Changes Things, Especially In A Blended Family

114

249: Things I Would Have Done Differently

115

248: Stepmom Assaulted By Bio Mom

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247: Fears In The Blend Family

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246: Interview With One Of The OG Nacho Kids

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245: Stepmom Whose Bio Kids' Father Passed Away

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244: What We Say, What We Mean, And What We Hear

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243: Wills And Estate Planning In The Blend

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242: Feeling Like You Have No Control In The Blend

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241: Part 2 Lori And David Share More Nacho Rules

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240: Lori & David Talk About Some Nacho Rules

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239: Stepmom Considers One Of Her Stepkids As Her Own

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238: Stepmom Accused of Abuse

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237: Stepdad Nick Rothwell

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236: Jeanette Soltys ~ Stepmom And Divorce & Custody Attorney

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235: Interview With Kari Kling

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234: Nacho Stepmom Considers Her Stepkids As Her Own

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233: Talking Expectations With Alison O'Mahony ~ Be Stepwise

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232: Stepmom Has Come To Terms That She'll Always Being An Outsider

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231: Jason Kreidman ~ Dad University

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230: Lori Sims & Tracy Dalgleish Talk Boundaries And Expectations

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229: Stepmom With Hers, His, And Ours Kids

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228: CA Stepmom Being A Stepkid Versus Being A Stepmom

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227: Stepmom Sets Boundaries

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226: Stepmom And Her Husband Nacho Each Other's Kids

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225: Stepmom Struggling With Infertility Loves Stepdaughter As Her Own

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224: Stepmom Regrets Pushing Her Partner To Get More Time With His Kids

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223: Healing After Partner Had Affair With High Conflict Bio Mom

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222: Stepmom Was Judgmental Before Having Kids Of Her Own

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221: Stepmom Given Authority To Parent Her Stepkids

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220: Interview With Alison O'Mahony ~ Be Stepwise

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219: Rebuilding After Parental Alienation

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218: Interview With Monica Chaney ~ The Worthy Stepmom

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217: What Is It Costing You To Not Listen ~ Christine Miles

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216: Stepmom Feels Unsafe Around Stepkid

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215: David Shubert ~ Author of "Parental Alienation Is Abuse"

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214: Stepmom Treated With Disdain And Disrespect

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213: Full-time Stay-At-Home Stepmom Going Through IVF

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212: Stepmom Who Is A Christian Counselor

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211: Stepmom Who Tried To Take Her Own Life

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210: Interview With Ginger Gentile ~ Reversing Parental Alienation

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209: Stepmom Talks Parenting All The Children In Her Blend

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208: Bio Mom Who Is A Certified Parent Coach

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207: Stepmom From England With An Ours Kid

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206: Stepmom With Bio & Ours Kids

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204: Stepmom On The Crazy Train Returns

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203: Adult Stepkids With Lori Sims & Claudette Chenevert

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202: Let's Talk About Therapy With Anna de Acosta

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201: Lori Chats With Cecile & Frank Of Ella's Blended Family

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200: Lori & David Celebrate Their 200th Podcast Episode And Talk Nacho

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199: Interview With Alicia Krasko ~ The Stepmom Side

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198: Sarah Beth Hurley ~ The Yarning Shaman

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197: Interview With Toni Graham ~ My Blended Chaos

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196: Full-time Stepmom Whose Bio Kid and Stepkid Have No Contact With The Other Bio Parent

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195: Stepmom With Lots Of Blended Experience Part II

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194: Things Were Great For This Childless Stepmom In The Beginning

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193: Childfree Stepmom Is 23 Years Younger Than Her Partner

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192: Stepmom With Lots Of Blended Experience

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191: The Professional Stepdad And Nacho Parenting Misconceptions

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190: Stepmom Used To Avoid The Stepkids

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189: Stepmom's Husband Lost Time With His Kid

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188: Becoming A Full-time Stepmom Overnight

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187: Nacho Mama & The Unapologetic Stepmom 3 Years Later

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186: Interview With Dr. James & Ginger Dellaripa ~ The Family Core

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185: Interview With Anthony Cancel ~ Pro Se Dad

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184: Stepmom Who Used To Be High Conflict

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183: Stepmom Known As The Friend

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182: Stepcouple Experiencing Parental Alienation

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181: Adoptive Mom Who Doesn't Love Her Adopted Kids Like Her Own

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180: Interview With Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby - Importance Of Vetting A Therapist

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179: Stepmom Who Blocked Bio Mom

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178: Becoming A Full-time Stepmom Unexpectedly

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177: Interview With Dr. Tara Egan ~ Egan Counseling & Consulting

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176: Interview With Josh & Kristy Groce ~ Perfectly Blended

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175: Stepmom's Husband Awarded Custody After Bio Mom Failed To Manage Child's Medical Condition

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174: Interview With Ashley Gerhard ~ Phoenix Transformation

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173: Interview With Shawn Simon ~ Author of "Stepping Into A New Role: Stories From Stepmoms"

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172: Stepmom Fights Being The Parent That Cares The Most

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171: Interview With An Adult Stepkid

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170: Stepmom Turned Nacho Mom

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169: Stepmom's Husband Received Primary Custody & Gave It Up

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168: Interview With A Husband's Wife

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167: Childfree Stepmom Nachos

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166: Bio Dad Hasn't Talked To His Kids In Four Years

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165: Interview With Stepcouple In Canada

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164: Interview With Todd Jensen ~ Research Assistant Professor

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163: Stepmom Who Told Bio Dad To Be A Disney Dad

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162 : Stepmom Who Is The Breadwinner

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161: Stepmom Who Runs The Household

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160: Being The Only Stepmom In Your Circle

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159: Full-Time New Zealand Stepmom Who Nachos

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158: Stepmom Whose Husband Had A Crappy Attorney

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157: Stepmom Blamed For Stepkids Leaving

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156: Bio Mom Whose Kids Were Nacho'd By Their Stepmom

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155: Stepmom Who Takes Nachoing To A New Level

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153: Stepmom Who Does Not Nacho

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152: The Last 3-4 Years Of This 21 Year Blend Has Been The Hardest

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151: Stepmom Pressured To Be Super Stepmom

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150: Full-Time Stepmom And Bio Mom

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149: Interview With Summer Butler ~ Blended Book Co.

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148: Stepmom Whose Stepkids No Longer Come For Visitation

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147: Stepmom Who Lost Stepson To Suicide

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146: Stepmom Who Sees Her Stepkid More Than Her Own Bio Kid

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145: Childless Stepmom With Two Teenage Stepkids

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144: Stepmom Whose Stepkid Moved In Full-Time

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143: Stepmom Whose Stepson Calls Her Mom

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142: Stepmom From Australia

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141: Becoming A Stepmom At 16

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140: Interview With Martin & Maria Erlandsson Of The Swedish Podcast Bonus Pappa Plus Mama

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139: Parental Alienation As A Bio Mom & Stepmom

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138: Bio Dad Talks About His Wife Nachoing

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137: Control Freak Learns To Nacho

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136: Interview With Lisa Goodpaster ~ Parental Alienation

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135: Stepmomzilla Turns To Nacho - Part 2

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134: Stepmomzilla Turns To Nacho - Part 1

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133: Widow With 6 Kids Marries Widower & Becomes A Stepmom To 2

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132: Interview With Dr. Sonia Cann-Milland

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131: Bio Dad Of 10 Shares His Perspective On The Blend

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130: Childless Stepmom To 10 Stepkids

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129: Stepmom's Grandson and Stepkid Are The Same Age

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128: Stepmom With An Ours Baby

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127: Stepmom And Bio Mom Are Friends

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126: Childfree Stepmom Pushed To Love Stepkid

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125: Stepmom On The Crazy Train

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124: Stepmom Whose Stepkids Tattle On Her

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123: Stepdad Who Feels Taken Advantage Of

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122: Stay-at-home Bio Dad To Four Girls Talks About The Blend

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121: Interview With Ron Deal

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120: Stepmom From Texas ~ Party of 10+

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119: Tracy Poizner Of The Essential Stepmom & Lori Sims Talk Nacho

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118: Interview With Gabby Gast

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117: Stepmom Who Kicks Butt

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116: You Thought Your Bio Mom Was Crazy

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115: Claudette Chenevert ~ The Stepmom Coach ~ The 2021 Stepfamily Summit

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114: Full-time Childless Stepmom Who Nachos Like A Queen

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113: Stepmom To Stepkid With ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder

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112: Stepkids Attempting & Threatening Suicide Because Of Blended Issues

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111: Blended Couple Didn't Think Blending Would Be This Hard

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110: Full-time Stepmom To Three Stepkids With An Absent Bio Mom

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109: Canadian Stepmom's Partner Changed Mind About More Kids As Agreed

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108: Super Stepmom Gets Overwhemled

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107: Stepmom With One Psycho Bio Mom And One Cool Bio Mom

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106: Widowed Couple Has 9 Kids In Their Blend

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105: Childless Stepmom Nachos Her Stepkids But Her Partner Won't Nacho Her Dogs

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104: Discussing Parental Paralysis With Tracy Poizner ~ Essential Stepmom

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103: Childless Stepmom To Three Stepdaughters

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102: Stepmom Who Nachos Twin Stepdaughters Differently

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101: Stepmum Who Is Being Investigated Because Of Facebook Posts

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100: Another Nacho Kid's Viewpoint

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099: Stepmom Who Went Off On The Bio Parents

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098: Inappropriate Touching Between Bio Kid And Stepkid

264

097: Interview With Elise Buie ~ Family Law Attorney

265

096: Stepmom Whose Husband Won't Nacho Her Kids Part 2 ~ Mini-wife Syndrome

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095: Stepmom Whose Husband Won't Nacho Her Bio Kids

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094: Stepmom Whose Counselor Told Her To Back Off

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093: Stepmom Required To Meet Bio Mom

269

092: Blended Couple Who Is Rockin' The Blend

270

091: Stepmom Who Nachos Discipline With Her Bonus Kids

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090: Interview With Mary Lynn Bradshaw ~ The Suburban Urban Mom

272

089: A Couple Who Fought To Be A Nuclear Family

273

088: Interview With Jonnie Jensen ~ Team Super Dad

274

087: Interview With Matt Larson ~ The Human Improvement Project

275

086: Interview With Joel Hawbaker ~ 10CBF Blended Family Podcast

276

085: Ex-Stepdad Knows His Girlfriend Won't "Love The Stepkid As Her Own"

277

084: Widower Becomes A Stepdad

278

083: Interview With A Nacho Kid

279

082: Stepmom Who Says Her Stepkids Are "Her Kids"

280

081: Stepmom Whose Husband Lives With His Mom When He Has His Son

281

080: Interview With Megan Bottom ~ Broken2Blessed

282

079: Stepkid Who Became A Full-time Stepmom To Five Stepkids

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078: Stepmom Who Thought She Knew What She Was Getting Into

284

077: From Every Other Weekend To Full-Time Stepmom

285

076: Full-time Childless Stepmom To Three Teenage Stepdaughters

286

075: A Nacho Stepmom In Dubai

287

074: Interview With Heidi Farrell ~ Not Just A Stepmom

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073: Stepmom Struggling To Set Boundaries

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072: Interview with Craig & Gina Morgan ~ Blended Together Forever

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071: Stepmom Who Had Given Up

291

070: Interview With Dorcy Pruter ~ Founder of Conscious Co-parenting Institute

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062: Stepmom With Brady Bunch Dreams

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069: Stepmom Offended By Nacho

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068: Ooops! She Did It Again!

295

067: Interview With Karalee Katsambanis - Author of "Stepparenting With Purpose"

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066: Stepson Was Sexually Inappropriate With Bio Son

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065: Childless Stepmom Turns To Nacho

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064: Stepmom Shares Her Biggest Regret

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063: Evil Stepmom From The UK

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061: Interview With Kristen Skiles ~ Stepmomming

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060: From Every Other Weekend Stepmom To Full-Time Stepmom

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059: Interview With Ali Wilkins ~ Stepcoupling

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058: Interview With Anna de Acosta ~ The Mindful Stepmom

304

057: The Goody Two Shoes Stepmom

305

056: Stepmom Who Tried To Make The World "Fair"

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055: Stepmom Who Has Five Stepkids With Three Bio Moms & Four Bio Kids

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054: Stepmom Who Was A Secret

308

053: Stepmom With An Extremely High Conflict Bio Mom

309

052: The Family Court System Failed This Stepmom's Husband & Stepkids

310

051: Stepmom Nachos One Stepkid And Not The Other

311

050: Interview With Sarah Harris ~ Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Registered Play Therapist, Board Certified Telementalhealth Provider

312

049: Stepkid Turned Stepmom

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048: Stepmom And Bio Dad Moved 12 Hours Away From His Kids

314

047: Third Time's The Charm Stepmom?

315

046: Childless Stepmom With An Autistic Stepson

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045: Stepmom Who Regrets Helping Her Husband Get Custody Of His Kids

317

044: Interview With Bobbi Wilcox ~ Blended Families United

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043: Stepmom Hospitalized Due To Blended Stress

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042: A Stepdaughter Molested By Her Stepbrother

320

041: A Neurodivergent Stepmom

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040: A Stepmom Who Attempted Suicide

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039: Interview With Stepmom Princess Lauren

323

038: Stepkid Turned Stepmom Twice

324

037: Stepmom With Inactive Bio Mom

325

036: Interview With The Buckeye Bonusmom

326

035: The Globe-Trotting Stepmom

327

034: Stepmom With Night & Day Blends

328

033: Stepmom vs A Free-Spirited Bio Mom

329

032: Interview With Elliott Katz ~ Author "Being The Strong Man A Woman Wants"

330

031: Two Time Stepmom

331

030: The Crazy Stepmom

332

029: Stepmom With A Bunch Of Kids

333

028: Super Stepmom Turned Nacho Mom

334

027: Gungho Stepmom Who Realized She Was Overstepping

335

026: A British Nacho Mom

336

025: Nachoing Saved This Stepmom's Sanity

337

024: Stepmom Who Records Arguments

338

023: Stepmom As A Result Of Infidelity

339

022: A Two-Time Stepmom

340

021: Interview With Celia Kibler ~ Pumped Up Parenting

341

020: The Struggles Of Being A Childless Stepmom

342

019: A Childless Widow Turned Stepmom

343

018: Interview With Claudette Chenevert ~ The Stepmom Coach

344

017: Interview With Melanie Anthony ~ Stepmoms Alive

345

016: Interview With Ron Deal ~ Smart Stepfamilies & Family Life Blended

346

015: Interview With Melissa Brown ~ Blended Family Podcast

347

013: Interview With Emili Wadkins ~ The Unapologetic Stepmom

348

012: Interview With Deanna Kaech - Merged Family Initiative

349

011: From Summertime Stepmom To 50/50 Stepmom

350

010: A Stepkids View Of Nachoing!

351

009: Interview with Kristie Carpenter of "The Blended Family Mom"

352

008: Interview With Tracy Poizner ~ The Essential Stepmom

353

007: Stepmom Who Couldn't Be Like Her Stepmom

354

006: Interview With Laura Petherbridge - The Smart Stepmom

355

005: Stepmom With 6 Stepkids And 3 Bio Kids

356

004: A Stepmom Who Knew What She Was Getting Into

357

003: A Stepmom That Experienced Stepkid Custody Changes

358

002: A Childless Stepmom Of 10 Years

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001: Nachoing, Nacho Kids, And The Academy