In a blended family navigating the schools and teachers can be super frustrating. Add a pandemic and remote learning, and it's even more complicated. How do you tell the teachers about the different households? How do you make sure everything is being communicated? What about teacher conferences? In this Episode, Christina chats with Betty, Mallory, Eric And Cassidy all who work in schools and have blended families of their own. They share their insider wisdom and what blended families can do to stress less. 

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Christina chats with Dr. Michelle Logvinsky, a licensed clinical psychologist (AND stepmom) to unpack the terms "high-conflict" and "narcissism". Michelle discusses her profession and how it overlaps with your personal life, and the struggles stepmoms face when dealing with the traumas of a high-conflict "co-parent". What are best practices when interacting with a high conflict person? Boundaries? They discuss it all!  About the Guest:  Dr. Michelle Logvinsky, PsyD. https://www.drmichellelogvinsky.com/

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Christina chats with the lovely and inspiring Sarajane Case from Enneagram & Coffee! Sarajane shares how she manifested becoming a stepmom, self-care tips and how knowing your Enneagram type can help in your blended family! Christina is a Type 2 and Sarajane is a 7! What's yours?!  

About the Guest!  Sarajane Case is an author, speaker, podcaster, and now youtuber based out of Asheville, NC. She's been featured in publications like Apartment Therapy, The Every Girl, Parade Magazine and was named a 2018 person on the rise by Honey Book. With an Instagram account of over half a million followers, a podcast that regularly stays at the top of the charts in self-help and a book that launched in April of 2020 Sarajane is a rising leader in the self-help industry. 

You can find more from her on Instagram, her podcast - Enneagram & Coffee can be found on iTunes and Spotify and her website is www.enneagramandcoffee.com Make sure to order her book ‘The Honest Enneagram’ wherever books are sold.

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In this episode Christina welcomes Elise Buie a family law attorney who has deep understanding of complex family issues, not only because she’s an attorney but because she’s also a stepmom! Elise shares how being a stepmom influenced her career in family law, and vice versa. She gives her advice/tips for those preparing for mediation/court, discusses the current custody issues during a pandemic, her thoughts on parallel parenting vs. co-parenting and best practices for managing a high conflict ex situation. How does a Family Law Attorney navigate her own blended life? Maybe not how you'd guess. Listen in!  

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In this episode Genet reveals why she has taken time away from the podcast. She gets vulnerable, real and raw about her marriage, and her role as a stepmother. As stepmoms we all wonder "is it worth it?". Listen in as Genet shares how she knew it was time to choose herself.  ---------------------------------- 

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Christina welcomes Cierra and Casey on to discuss their journey being full-time stepmoms. What are the benefits of being full-time? Is it easier with less interactions from the other home? What are the struggles? How do you make time for your relationship....or YOURSELF? We discuss it all!  Grab your beverage of choice and enjoy!  

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