Have you read your copy of the March issue of StepMom Magazine? Pretty amazing, right? And if you haven’t, what’s stopping you from getting your hands on the only magazine by stepmoms for stepmoms? You’re missing out on the experts – Jacquelyn Fletcher, Susan Wisdom, Mary Kelly-Williams, Wednesday Martin, MOI, and more!
Are you doing the 40 Day [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Advice for Step Moms category.
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Don’t Take It Personally – The 40 Day Challenge
If you haven’t listened to our show with Cathryn from Monday night, I encourage you to give it a listen. Cathryn’s advice and practical application of “Don’t take it personally” is like a life raft in the middle of raging seas.
You can click on the radio show widget to your left and listen to our [...]
What I Wish I Knew When I Started Out
Guest post by Joan Sarin, M.S.
I made the mistakes most stepmoms make; my husband made the mistakes most stepdads make, and his ex made the mistakes most ex-wives make. I’m guessing you made (or may be still making) the same mistakes. These same mistakes have been going around and around and around… Wait! Isn’t there [...]
Women Who Think Too Much – A Book Review
Reviewed by Jessica Withers
Susan Nolen-Hoeksma’s Women Who Think Too Much—How To Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life is like a magic wand; her suggestions are often that easy. Divided into three sections, the book covers the what’s, the why’s, the how’s, and the when’s. Part I introduces overthinking and explains how it has [...]
How to Handle Your Husband’s Ex-Wife
The Stepmom’s Toolbox Radio Show now on Blog Talk Radio!
Join Erin Erickson and Peggy Nolan as we dish tips, tools, and advice on How to Handle Your Husband’s Ex-Wife with guests Tricia Powe and Cathryn Bond-Doyle!
When: February 1, 2010
Time: 8PM EST
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A Shift In Perspective
My A-Ha Moment
by Stephanie Fields
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I have spent the last four years trying to “fix” what I thought was wrong with my boyfriend, his kids, and his ex-wife.
It felt good at first to have my boyfriend be so grateful for my help and it felt good that his kids loved me (we had so much fun [...]
29 Gifts
I promise I haven’t gone MIA – I’ve been on a small vacation in Ireland – meeting my future son-in-law…but now I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaack!
This morning, as I was getting in touch with my blog community, I watched this video on my friend, SuZen’s blog, “Erasing the Bored.” As I watched this, I realized how important it [...]
Stepmom Resources!
There are so many resources available to stepmoms and stepfamilies that it’s hard not to see them…yet so many stepmoms and stepfamilies won’t look until the shizzle hits the fan.
Preventive Remarried Prescriptions
Check out January’s issue of StepMom Magazine and help celebrate its one year of publication. Each month, this magazine gets better and better – [...]
No One Appreciates Me – Part IX
Happy New Year Stepmom Sisters! May 2010 bring you joy, happiness, and a happy remarried life!
(Author’s Note: I’ve applied the principles of conflict resolution to my own life. Your mileage may vary!)
Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt unappreciated. As stepmoms, feeling unappreciated is one of the biggest complaints I see. And it’s usually followed [...]
I’m Better Than Her – Part VIII
(Author’s Note: I’ve applied the principles of conflict resolution to my own life, your mileage may vary)
Self-Betrayal corrupts everything. We exaggerate the differences between ourselves and those we are blaming. We see little in common with them, when the reality is that we are similar in many if not most respects. ~ The Anatomy of Peace: [...]
