Divorce and remarriage can be very difficult for children to handle. In fact, twice as many children from divorced families experience academic, behavioral, or interpersonal problems when compared to children from intact families. Even those who don’t have any obvious problems, still experience loss when their parent’s divorce, and must undergo some adjustment when their parents remarry.

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Today, Rachelle talks about remarriage from a child’s perspective with Ron Deal, a marriage and family author, conference speaker, and therapist. Ron now serves as director of Blended Family Ministries for Family Life. He is the author of several books including The Smart Stepfamily: Seven Steps to a Healthy Family, The Smart Stepmom (coauthored with Laura Petherbridge), The Remarriage Checkup: Tools to Help Your Marriage Last a Lifetime (coauthored with Dr. David Olson, and The Smart Stepdad. His latest book is Dating and the Single Parent.

Ron, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor with nearly 25 years experience in local church ministry and family ministry consulting, is a member of the Stepfamily Expert Council for the National Stepfamily Resource Center. He has appeared in dozens of national radio and TV broadcasts, including Fox News, MSNBC, and ABC Nightline.

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Are you comfortable having the conversation about money with your partner? Many remarried couples avoid this topic like the plague even though their future security is at stake. Listen to Rachelle discuss stepfamily finances with Emily Bouchard, an expert in stepfamily dynamics.

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Emily Bouchard, MSSW, is a managing partner at Wealth Legacy Group, and founded www.Blended-Families.com in 2003. She is a Certified Money Coach who addresses the emotional aspects of inheriting and distributing wealth; dealing with pre-nuptial agreements; raising children to be empowered vs. entitled; and shows clients how to be facile and at ease around money.

Emily is the co-author of Estate Planning for the Blended Family with attorney L. Paul Hood, Jr. She has been featured on The Today Show and CNN, and writes “On the Money”, a monthly column for StepMom Magazine. Emily has two step-daughters and understands the complexities of stepfamilies both personally and professionally.

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Special occasions, like weddings and graduations, are wonderful and joyous milestones that deserve to be celebrated. Vacations are also fun times to spend with family members. For stepfamilies, however, these can be extremely awkward events and can cause a lot of pain and anxiety. Rachelle discusses how stepfamilies can navigate both special occasions and vacations with Brenda Snyder, a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Peoria, Illinois and a writer for Stepmom Magazine. Brenda has been a stepmother for fifteen years, and has had two stepchildren get married in the same year and another one is getting married this month.

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How often do you feel guilty? Many stepfamily members, from remarried dads, stepmothers, to biological mothers are burdened by feelings of guilt, and this can wear a person down in addition to harming their relationships with other family members. Listen to Rachelle Katz discuss the negative impact of guilt along with ways to overcome these feelings with Dr. Diana Weiss-Wisdom, a licensed psychologist.

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Dr. Diana Weiss-Wisdom is a Licensed Psychologist, author, and widely followed newspaper columnist. Her books include, “Wisdom on Stepparenting: How to Succeed Where Others Fail” and Stress and A Healthy Ticker: On Preventing Heart Disease. In her private practice, she specializes in marriage counseling and stepfamilies. She also offers marriage enrichment workshops four times a year at the Cottage Clinic in Rancho Santa Fe, California.

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Every stepfamily is unique, and has its own set of challenges, which is corroborated by the fact that 60 to 75 percent of remarried couples divorce. Listen to Rachelle talk to one stepmother, Dina, and be inspired by her story. She has successfully managed to keep her family running smoothly despite having to overcome many obstacles in their path. If she can do it, so can you.

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Many remarried dads feel like a deer in the headlights when it comes to parenting their children. They have few role models to turn to for help and advice. Joel Schwartzberg, the author of The 40-Year Old Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad is a great resource. He is an award-winning essayist and screenwriter, national champion public speaker and speech coach, law school drop-out, horror fan, divorced father, and former Wheel of Fortune contestant. He was a Head Writer for Nickelodeon and editorial director for Time Inc. Interactive.

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Joel’s essays on parenting and other spontaneous phenomena have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, The New York Daily News, The New York Post, The Star Ledger, New Jersey Monthly, Babble.com, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Huffington Post, and regional parenting magazines across the U.S. and Canada.

Listen to Joel’s conversation with Rachelle as he discusses his experiences as a remarried dad. Hear the suggestions he gives other remarried dads to help them improve their relationships with their children.

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Do you ever wonder what therapists really think and feel about the problems their stepfamily clients have, and what changes they would implement to improve their clients’ lives if they had the power to do so? Listen as Rachelle Katz and Mary T. Kelly, two marriage and family therapists discuss the most common problems remarried couples face, and the solutions that would help these couples lead happier and healthier lives.

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Few people know as much about the lives of stepmothers as Brenda Ockun, founder and publisher of Stepmom Magazine. She has the inside scoop of what really matters to stepmothers after five years of working with the leading experts in the stepfamily community, and speaking with countless stepmothers on the Stepmom Magazine Facebook page. Listen as Brenda discusses the biggest challenges that stepmothers face as they navigate the bumpy path of stepfamily life.

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