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 [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Book of the Month category.
Women Who Think Too Much – A Book Review
The Remarried Couples Checkup
Thank you Ron Deal and Bethany House! I received a copy of this book yesterday and I’m 100 pages into it and I can tell you it’s a MUST.
Seriously. You and your husband need your own copy. Now. Don’t wait. This is the most comprehensive study of remarried couples. Ever. 500,000 couples over five years. [...]
Becoming a Stepmom – December’s Book of the Month!
Reviewed by Jessica Withers
Like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the cover of A Career Girl’s Guide to Becoming a Stepmom should have ”the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large friendly letters.” Stepdaughter and stepmom, Jacquelyn Fletcher, expertly translates the skills of the office into skills for stepfamily life. Chapters include, “Show Me The Money: [...]
November’s Stepmom Book of the Month
Reviewed by Jessica Withers
Being a stepmother is one of the most difficult roles a woman can choose—my sister stepmoms will agree with that. Then stir in guilt because you know that you caused the breakup of your husband’s first marriage, sprinkle in a five-year-old stepson who “accurately estimates your body mass index while you [...]
The Smart Stepmom – Book Review!
Integrity. Commitment to Excellence. Stubbornly Optimistic!
The Smart Stepmom by Ron L. Deal and Laura Petherbridge
After I became a Stepmom in 2006 I found Ron L. Deal’s website, Successful Stepfamilies and bought his sanity saving book,”The Smart Step Family.” I’ve been a fan of his since June 2007 and when I discovered that he was co-authoring [...]
Coming Attractions ~ August Sneak Peek!
Stepcoupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today’s Blended Family
A Book Review By Guest Blogger Southern Belle
If I could mail every new stepmom a care package, I would enclose a box of Kleenex for those first few difficult days, a new tube of pretty posy pink lip gloss to give her spirits a lift, [...]
July's Bonus Mom and Book of the Month!
Bonus Mom and “Book” of the Month for July
Introducing the one and only Brenda Ockun! Publisher of the only online magazine for stepmoms by a stepmom, StepMom.
Brenda and I have teamed up to offer a FREE 2 month subscription to THREE lucky stepmoms who answer three questions at the end of this review!
Ladies, we’re all [...]
StepMom Magazine
Last night I had an amazing conversation with Brenda Ockun, publisher of the ONLY online magazine for stepmoms by a stepmom, StepMom. The magazine is growning in readership, subscribership and publicity!
I am highlighting Brenda and her magazine this month, with a review to be published tomorrow. For those of you who are not subscribers, Brenda [...]
The Package Deal – June's Book of the Month
The Step Mom’s Tool Box Book of the Month!
The Package Deal: My (not-so) Glamorous Transition from Single Gal to Instant Mom
by Izzy Rose (♥♥♥♥♥)
Izzy Rose has written the “every new step mom book!” In The Package Deal: My (not-so) Glamorous Transition from Single Gal to Instant Mom, Izzy goes from being a single, successful [...]
