Summer, Summer, Summertime!!! That song by #WillSmith and #DJJazzyJeff will always be a vibe for the summer. In this episode, #LaKrishMayes #BonusMomCoach will talk about how to navigate and make the most of your summer with your blended family. She talks about

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In this episode of #TheBonusLifePodcast, our host #La'KrishMayes, #BonusMomCoach talks about how impactful being apart of a Bonus Mom community is. She discusses the benefits including: discounts to 1 on 1 coaching, member events, webinars, being supported by likeminded women. #LaKrishMayes also talks about how God led her to provide a safe space for bonus moms so she started her own private bonus mom community. She wanted to create the space she didn't have when she started her #bonusmom #stepmom journey. Bonus Mom #stepmom in person event September 24, 2023- more details to come!!

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Graduation season is here!!!!!!! On today's episode of The Bonus Life Podcast, host La'Krish Mayes talks about blended family and graduation. She provide tips on how to attend without stress! Every blended family dynamic is different. So what works for one family may not work for the next. She discussed how graduation went with her bonus daughter and how it went when she graduated high school. She also talked about tips including....Communication, expectations, boundaries and making new blended family traditions.

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May is Mental Health Awareness month. This episode I discussed the importance of prioritizing yourself this month. This was something that I definitely struggled with when I became a Bonus Mom, wife and Bio Mom. In 2019, I ended up having a stroke while shopping for my sister's wedding dress. Yes, a stroke! It was out of the blue and the doctors just said it was a blood clot that caused it. You can definitely read the entire story in my devotional journal, Just God & Me, Finding God in the Midst of Your Storm (the link is below). I provided tips on self care and even talked about the importance of having God + Therapist and even a Coach! Please let me know how you are prioritizing YOU in May!

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Bonus Mom Social Hour: As we gear up for, Mother’s Day let’s not forget Bonus Mom’s Day ( Stepmother Day) May 21st. I wanted to meet, connect, build community and celebrate with other Bonus Mom’s! So if you’re in the Raleigh, NC area I would love for you to come out. May 20th 11am-1pm, Relish Kitchen. There is limited seating so please RSVP by 5/14/23! Text the word RSVP to 833-229-9294, be sure to include first & last name.

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You know these internet streets people post receipts (that rhymes, lol) Well, should you really post your blended family issues for the world to see and judge. In this episode, I discussed how unfortunate it was to see Bambi, Scrappy and Erica along with their young adult child have their blended family issues to be screen recorded, judged by millions of people. Some bonus moms experience multiple challenges within their blended family dynamic that push them over but, I just hate their issues were blasted on social media. Then, also potentially ruin the relationship between Bonus Mom and Bonus Daughter.

I also provided 8 ways bonus moms can be a safe space for their bonus kids. Just know if God can get you to it, He will get you through it!!

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Blending a family is forever a learning process! You go through different stages and while in those stages you are learning to love and choose your blended family everyday. Charmaine and myself had a great time connecting and definitely related to similar issues we experienced on our bonus mom's journey.

We discussed so many things including:

Providing ways to help children who had questions about their blended family dynamic.

Being a childless bonus mom doesn't make you any less of a mom.

The beautiful pain that comes with being apart of a blended family

How cooking has become a love that she is sharing with the world, and so much more!

Charmaine Swimpson Broome grew up in Chesapeake, Va. She is a loving wife, bonus mom, and bio mom in waiting who resides in the Atlanta, Ga. area. She is the Founder/C.E.O of “Blended Families Rock, LLC, and “My Blended Families Rock, INC”. A lifestyle empowering blended families across the globe by helping to bring unity within their blended family. She is a children’s book author, and a social media influencer spreading joy through her delicious recipes. Having no professional skills she uses what she learned while growing up, and watching her mother cook often. Cooking has now become a full time venture for her, and it is here to stay.

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Her children’s books are available for purchase via her website www.Blendedfamiliesrock.com, and her new cookbook “I Be Cheffin” is available for purchase at www.iBeCheffin.com.

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Tilyn Larrissa Muhammad is a wife, mother, daughter, friend, and advocate for family change. She was happily raised in a blended family and now has her own blended family with her husband, Sadat. Together they have 9 children (ranging in ages from 30 to 7) all who are adults except 2 of their youngest who are 15 and 7. Tilyn is a strong advocate for supporting blended families successfully with a changed mindset and behaviors. She has a plethora of best practices and lessons learned to support the whole family rather than pieces of one. She believes “steps” are for walking on and don’t belong in the family dynamics. Eliminating that old term is critical making new space for “ bonus and blended” families to grow healthy and productive lives.

We discussed some many things including:

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Grief is definitely something that can affect everyone differently. In this episode, we’ll discuss the importance of support and managing expectations when dealing with grief in a blended family. We’ll explore how to best communicate with each other and how to adjust expectations to create a healthy environment.

After the sudden loss of her mother in 2016, she soon realized the scarcity of grief resources and lack of public knowledge available to grievers and their supporters.  Titi’s advocacy is rooted in removing the stigma and time limit surrounding grief and improving workplace bereavement policy.

Her work includes a community partnership with Stella Maris, Inc, one of the only full service hospice and bereavement centers in MD, a statewide initiative- the Give Grief a Voice speaker series. Through her online community, she shares her grief journey and amplifies the complexities of this experience. With a heart for public service, she regularly partners with public and private organizations for community events.

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Stepmom goals, you say? This was such an impactful episode with Tamara Johnson.  Author Tamara Johnson aka Tammy J resides a few minutes outside of Detroit, Michigan with her husband, their 5-year-old son, and her 15-year-old stepson. After saying “I do” in 2013, Tammy began her journey in the world of step-parenting. Juggling the struggles of being a stepmom with the pressures of blended family life, Tammy was ready to step away from her marriage. However, with the help of personal therapy, marriage counseling, prayer and new founded confidence, Tammy found the strength to continue on in her truth as an intentional stepmom.

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A Bonus mom is not just marrying someone with kids, when adopt children you also become a bonus parent. You are nurturing, parenting, loving, guiding and rearing a child that you consider your own but didn't birth. I was blessed with having Visibility Coach, Kelly Thompson on this show with me. Kelly helps faith filled female coaches and consultants to master their message, show up and sell irresistible offers. 

In this episode with talk about everything including , 

How Kelly was able to coparent with her oldest daughter 

 Becoming a bonus mom to her 3 kids through adoption. 

Tips how to gain and keep clients 

There are more places to show up than social media

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