Stepmoms are the first point of contact with people who help parents heal the relationship with their kids after divorce or due to parental alienation. Then, they have to step aside and let the biological parent roll up their sleeves and do the work.

I'll be speaking about how to restore your relationship and regain your natural authority with your kids at The Stepfamily Summit 2020. Sign up for free at bit.ly/tracysummit

Reach out to me with questions or comments (or just a high five) at [email protected]

You can book a free phone chat with me (and I love to chat!) at tracypoizner.bookafy.com

Dorcy Pruter is the founder and CEO of the Conscious Coparenting Institute. She runs a 4 day intensive workshop called High Road to Reunification that boast a stunning 100% success rate! Learn more about her work at:

Dorcy has prepared a free e-book called "Stepping In: The Step-parents' Guide For Parenting" which you can grab here:

The Stepfamily Summit 2020 is a FREE online event taking place September 16-18. Register with this link bit.ly/tracysummit and the Summit will support this podcast in turn! I hope you'll tune in to hear my interview: "Brainwashed or Gaslighted: How to Get Through To Your Alienated Child". Date and time to follow.

Blended Families United is Bobbi's website and organization. Her work centres around helping couples who are planning or just starting their stepfamily journey. Her book Reconciled is available from Amazon.

Yes, I offer personal coaching for stepmoms and focused support for families struggling with parental alienation, manipulation or brainwashing. Reach out for a chat any time and we can talk about what working together might bring to your family situation. 

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It's actually pretty simple: you bond around the fact that they don't want to connect with you! I'll explain how it looked in my family and how it worked out for us. Spoiler alert: Happy Ending!

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Visit my website for a free download: 50 Ways to Level Up As A Stepmom

#blendedfamily #stepmom #youvegotthis

This is my new go-to comeback for anyone who wants to give me unsolicited advice about my stepfamily dynamics. They can try whatever they like on their own family!

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Myth #2 is that Blended Families are forever families. Truth is, they unblend just the same as other stepfamilies do. What can we do to make our families stand the test of time, despite messed up custody schedules, high conflict personalities, loyalty issues and more?

Listen up and we'll get started.

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that stepfamilies aren't required to blend. They have a much more noble mission in my opinion, which is to "mend". When you shift your focus, everything could change for your family.

The book I mentioned is Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach.

Visit my website at essentialstepmom.com. Contact me with your thoughts about this episode, or just to say hi at [email protected]

I hang out with a bunch of wise, supportive and compassionate stepmoms on Facebook in a private community called The Spectacular Stepmom. Send us a join request!

Do you feel like you're walking around wearing a heavy backpack that you can't take off? I don't know about you but I hate it that the idea of a stepmother is automatically linked to an image of someone not so nice.  I'll share some thoughts about how we can change that dynamic.

The Budweiser "stepdad" commercial I'm referring to can be seen here:

Read MY ARTICLE ABOUT IT ON THRIVEGLOBAL HERE

Will you talk with me about BRAINWASHED STEPKIDS? Do you have one? Were you one as a child? Send me an email at [email protected] or book a short phone or Zoom chat with me here:

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Interested in hanging out on social with some other dads in the blended family dynamic? Send a join request to my Facebook community, One For The Dads . It really IS for the dads, no girlfriends or wives allowed.

Visit my website at essentialstepmom.com and reach out if you're interested in couples or individual coaching!