Ron's new book Preparing to Blend helps couples prepare for all types of family dynamics:

 Relationship
 Practical
  Spiritual
  Financial
  Personalities

Ron says, In blended families, the biological parent and stepparent must work hard to find their harmony, to support one another, and to play to one another's strengths.
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Since authority is based on relationship and trust with the child, stepparents should move gradually into a relationship first, then discipline.
Those are just two small nuggets he shares.
In today's podcast, Ron also answers questions from my readers, such as how to handle jealousy from kids when two parents who have children from previous relationships have a child together.
If you're in a blended family ... or you know someone who is ... tune in!
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And check out my newest book Heart Happy at triciagoyer.com/heart-happy!
Mentioned in This Episode
Preparing to Blend | Ron Deal
Dating and the Single Parent | Ron Deal
Family Life: Blended
Romans 12:17
Smart Step Family

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Preparing to Blend

In The Tricia Goyer Show, I'm sharing my heart and answering questions about faith, writing, homeschool, big family living, and so much more! I'll also be digging deep into meaningful conversations with other authors, speakers, moms, and God-lovers. I'm so glad you're here!  Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thetriciagoyershow/support

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Based on Chapman’s best-selling The 5 Love Languages®—a specialized resource of intentional love for families of adopted children.
Adoption brings unique challenges. Love and bonding don’t always come naturally. There can be emotional distress, frustration, and disappointment. In Loving Adopted Children Well, Dr. Gary Chapman along with professor and mom of adopted kids Dr. Laurel Shaler share how The 5 Love Languages® provide concrete steps to infusing love, hope, and attachment in your family.
In addition to the beauty and healing you’ll discover in the chapters on the love languages—Service, Gifts, Physical Touch, Quality Time, and Words of Affirmation—the authors provide essential chapters on subjects such as:

 When You Don’t “Feel the Love”
 Getting Spouses on the Same Page
  Help for Single Parents
  Stopping Sibling Rivalry
  Support—Why it’s Needed and Where to Find It . . . and more.

With empathy for adoptive parents, Chapman and Shaler provide an honest and invaluable resource of wisdom, joy, and healing. Apply the lessons from Loving Adopted Children Well, and you will see love grow and flourish in your home.
Mentioned in This Episode:
Loving Adopted Children Well | Gary Chapman, PhD and Laurel Shaler, PhD
Connect with Laurel Shaler, PhD
Website | Facebook | Twitter
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Loving Adopted Children Well with Laurel Shaler, PhD

Are you satisfied that your children’s current educational environment is bringing out their best potential?
In a world where traditional education systems make little or no accommodation for individual learning styles (such as auditory or visual learning), and they’re failing to teach even the basics, it’s time for parents to take charge of their children’s education.
In Reclaiming Education, parents are equipped with practical and immediately useful tools to work in partnership with their children to identify and develop their learning styles and strengths. If you want to help learners build the kind of confidence that inspires lifelong learning, get them involved in the solutions for their own success.
In this book, both parents and children can learn how to

 Identify learning style strengths
 Develop strategies for adapting to less than ideal circumstances
  Design an effective study space environment that’s tailored to your child’s needs
  Motivate even the most resistant learners

A great faith-based parenting resource for anyone who feels like the traditional education system has failed their children, and for anyone interested in homeschooling or simply helping their children to succeed in any type of school setting.
Say goodbye to a one-size-fits-all education and unlock your child’s full learning potential.
Mentioned in this Episode
Reclaiming Education | Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
The Way They Learn | Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
Connect with Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
Website | Facebook
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Reclaiming Education with Cynthia Ulrich Tobias

Death teaches us how to live.
When Whitney K. Pipkin's mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she wasn't ready. How could she be? She searched for resources that could help her walk through this heavy yet sacred time in her life. But she struggled to find the guidance she longed for in a season of anticipatory grief.
We Shall All Be Changed is a companion for those experiencing the lonely season of suffering and death. In this book, Whitney reaches across the pages to hold the hand of the caregiver. Walking through death with a loved one can be incredibly isolating and unsettling. This book reminds us that we can experience God's very presence in life's dark and deep valleys. As Whitney draws from her own experience, she sheds light and hope. She shows that we are not alone. And she reveals the mysterious way that God ministers to and transforms us through death and suffering.
Beautifully honest and theologically rich, Whitney invites us to consider death so that we might understand life and how to live it.
A book for those who are caring for the sick and dying . . . for those who will care for parents, family, or friends in their last days . . . and for those who have already walked this journey. This book is for us.
I pray you are encouraged by this episode.
Mentioned in this Episode
We Shall All Be Changed | Whitney K. Pipkin
Psalm 90
Between Life and Death | Kathryn Butler
John 11
Connect with Whitney K. Pipkin
Website | Twitter | Instagram 
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We Shall All Be Changed with Whitney K. Pipkin

You should pray in the morning. 
You should write out your prayers. 
You should make prayer lists and pray through them every day. You should pray with others or out loud.
We've all heard the "you shoulds" of prayer from pulpits, presenters, and well-meaning friends. But when none of these ways to pray feel natural, what's next?
Janet Holm McHenry has studied prayer extensively, and the one thing she knows for sure is that there's no one-size-fits-all way to pray. Instead, there are different styles of prayer—and by discovering the style most instinctive to each individual personality, staying in touch with God throughout the day becomes simple and all the more joyful.
In this book, the author helps readers determine their particular praying personality by examining the praying styles of biblical people, spiritual gifts, and various ideas about personality, including the classic temperaments, the Enneagram, and more. McHenry includes scores of bulleted suggestions for developing a praying lifestyle that works for individuals. She has also created a Praying Personality Quiz for readers (available in the book and online) to help narrow down the style that will most naturally fit into how they process a prayer life.
Whether a longtime Christian who has tried various prayer strategies but can't keep up or a new believer looking to learn about this spiritual discipline, every reader who dives into this book will come away with a renewed prayer life and a greater understanding of who God created them to be.
I pray you are encouraged by this episode.
Mentioned in This Episode:
Praying Personalities | Janet Holm McHenry
Connect with Janet McHenry
Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest
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Praying Personalities with Janet McHenry

Far too frequently, women find themselves settling for a life that falls short of the calling they know God has on their lives. In her new book, What Do You Really Want?, Cayla Craft skillfully navigates readers through the transformative path of inner-child work and self-discovery, igniting a powerful self-assessment guided by the Holy Spirit lead “renewal of their minds” (Romans 12:2).
What Do You Really Want? is about more than wanting, but about realizing and achieving the abundant life we were made for. Our emotions and experiences can easily get us stuck. It’s not a lack of motivation or power. It’s a lack of clarity. That is why Cayla shares The 'Take 7' practice. It is a unique approach that uses seven transformational questions to get us “unstuck” and find the clarity God wants for us.
I know that you're going to uplifted and encouraged by this episode.
Mentioned in This Episode
What Do You Really Want? | Cayla Craft
Psalm 139:23
Connect with Cayla Craft
Website | Instagram | Podcast
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Preparing to Blend

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