The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver

***Disclaimer: This episode contains adult content and language

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Nicole. Nicole has been blending for 11 years, has three stepkids and two bio moms. One of the bio moms died from a drug overdose. Nicole is also a stepchild herself and considers her stepdad her dad. She felt prepared for the blend because of her own experience of being a stepchild, but she found out differently and went from "Super Stepmom" to "Nacho Mom" to save her sanity and her blended relationships.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being a stepmom to a stepkid whose bio mom died
• Super Stepmom dreams to Nacho Kids Blended Family Lifesaver
• Examples of Nachoing
• From Nacho Supreme to re-engaging
• Being adopted and becoming a stepchild

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In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

• www.NachoKidsAcademy.com

• www.NachoKids.com

• Nacho Kids Facebook group

• Nacho Kids Facebook page

• Nacho Kids Academy Facebook page

• 12 Days of Christmas Nacho Kids

Our Purpose

Nacho Kids' purpose is to dramatically reduce the blended family and stepfamily failure rate by providing the information and tools needed to live a successful and healthy blended life.

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• On the web: https://nachokids.com/podcast
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• Google Play: https://nachokids.com/googleplay

Join The Conversation

If you'd like to be a guest on the Nacho Kids Podcast, reach out to us and we'll see what we can do! Or if you have a question you'd like us to answer, send us a message! We are very thankful to all of our guests and our listeners. Our hope for you is that something you hear here will help you in your blend!

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Emily who has been blending for three years. She is a stepmom to a sassy four-year-old that is with her and her husband fifty percent of the time. Emily is an "ours" kid herself. Emily started off being a gungho stepmom, like many of us, then she realized she was overstepping in her stepmom role.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Becoming a stepmom and forgetting who you are & hitting rock bottom
• Overstepping in the stepmom role
• The bio parent can't parent if the stepparent doesn't let them
• Being an "ours" baby
• Letting the stepkid lead the relationship
• Outside influences on the blend

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Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. This helps others find the podcast and lets us know what our listeners want to hear.

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

• www.NachoKidsAcademy.com

• www.NachoKids.com

• Nacho Kids Facebook group

• Nacho Kids Facebook page

• Nacho Kids Academy Facebook page

Our Purpose

Nacho Kids' purpose is to dramatically reduce the blended family and stepfamily failure rate by providing the information and tools needed to live a successful and healthy blended life.

Follow or Subscribe To Our Podcast

• On the web: https://nachokids.com/podcast
• iTunes: https://nachokids.com/itunes
• Stitcher: https://nachokids.com/stitcher
• Google Play: https://nachokids.com/googleplay

Join The Conversation

If you'd like to be a guest on the Nacho Kids Podcast, reach out to us and we'll see what we can do! Or if you have a question you'd like us to answer, send us a message! We are very thankful to all of our guests and our listeners. Our hope for you is that something you hear here will help you in your blend!

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Emily who has been blending for three years. She is a stepmom to a sassy four-year-old that is with her and her husband fifty percent of the time. Emily is an “ours” kid herself. Emily started off being a gungho stepmom, like many of us, then she realized she was overstepping in her stepmom role. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Becoming a stepmom and forgetting who you are & hitting rock bottom
• Overstepping in the stepmom role
• The bio parent can’t parent if the stepparent doesn’t let them
• Being an “ours” baby
• Letting the stepkid lead the relationship
• Outside influences on the blend

Rate & Review Our Podcast

Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. This helps others find the podcast and lets us know what our listeners want to hear.

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

• www.NachoKidsAcademy.com

• www.NachoKids.com

• Nacho Kids Facebook group

• Nacho Kids Facebook page 

• Nacho Kids Academy Facebook page

Our Purpose

Nacho Kids' purpose is to dramatically reduce the blended family and stepfamily failure rate by providing the information and tools needed to live a successful and healthy blended life.

Follow or Subscribe To Our Podcast

• On the web: https://nachokids.com/podcast
• iTunes: https://nachokids.com/itunes
• Stitcher: https://nachokids.com/stitcher
• Google Play: https://nachokids.com/googleplay

Join The Conversation

If you’d like to be a guest on the Nacho Kids Podcast, reach out to us and we’ll see what we can do! Or if you have a question you’d like us to answer, send us a message! We are very thankful to all of our guests and our listeners. Our hope for you is that something you hear here will help you in your blend!

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, co-founders of Nacho Kids, interview stepmom Rhianna. Rhianna has been blending for four years. Rhianna has one seven-year-old stepdaughter and no bio kids. Her stepdaughter has Autism, OCD, ODD, and hypermobility. Rhianna is a mental health nurse and her husband has a background of working with adults with learning disabilities.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Autism
• Lowering expectations
• Stepmom doing too much
• Nick Vujicic
• Calming boxes

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Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. This helps others find the podcast and lets us know what our listeners want to hear.

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

• www.NachoKidsAcademy.com

• www.NachoKids.com

• Nacho Kids Facebook group

• Nacho Kids Facebook page

• Nacho Kids Academy Facebook page

• Nick Vujicic

• Information on calming boxes

Our Purpose

Nacho Kids' purpose is to dramatically reduce the blended family and stepfamily failure rate by providing the information and tools needed to live a successful and healthy blended life.

Follow or Subscribe To Our Podcast

• On the web: https://nachokids.com/podcast
• iTunes: https://nachokids.com/itunes
• Stitcher: https://nachokids.com/stitcher
• Google Play: https://nachokids.com/googleplay

Join The Conversation

If you'd like to be a guest on the Nacho Kids Podcast, reach out to us and we'll see what we can do! Or if you have a question you'd like us to answer, send us a message! We are very thankful to all of our guests and our listeners. Our hope for you is that something you hear here will help you in your blend!

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, co-founders of Nacho Kids, interview stepmom Rhianna. Rhianna has been blending for four years. Rhianna has one seven-year-old stepdaughter and no bio kids. Her stepdaughter has Autism, OCD, ODD, and hypermobility. Rhianna is a mental health nurse and her husband has a background of working with adults with learning disabilities. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Autism
• Lowering expectations
• Stepmom doing too much
• Nick Vujicic
• Calming boxes

Rate & Review Our Podcast

Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. This helps others find the podcast and lets us know what our listeners want to hear.

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

• www.NachoKidsAcademy.com

• www.NachoKids.com

• Nacho Kids Facebook group

• Nacho Kids Facebook page 

• Nacho Kids Academy Facebook page

• Nick Vujicic

• Information on calming boxes

Our Purpose

Nacho Kids' purpose is to dramatically reduce the blended family and stepfamily failure rate by providing the information and tools needed to live a successful and healthy blended life.

Follow or Subscribe To Our Podcast

• On the web: https://nachokids.com/podcast
• iTunes: https://nachokids.com/itunes
• Stitcher: https://nachokids.com/stitcher
• Google Play: https://nachokids.com/googleplay

Join The Conversation

If you’d like to be a guest on the Nacho Kids Podcast, reach out to us and we’ll see what we can do! Or if you have a question you’d like us to answer, send us a message! We are very thankful to all of our guests and our listeners. Our hope for you is that something you hear here will help you in your blend!

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Christina. Christina has been blending for 8-½ years. Not only does Christina work with autistic children, but her daughter is also on the spectrum. She has two stepsons ages thirteen and eleven, and two biological daughters ages fourteen and thirteen, as well as a 6-year-old ours kid.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Nacho Kids saving her sanity
• Very high conflict bio mom who threatened to make stepmom lose her baby
• Taking things personally
• Stepmoms trying to fix everything
• Stepkids need support too
• House rules

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Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. This helps others find the podcast and lets us know what our listeners want to hear.

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

• www.NachoKidsAcademy.com
• www.NachoKids.com

• Nacho Kids Facebook group

• Nacho Kids Facebook page

• Nacho Kids Academy Facebook page

Our Purpose

Nacho Kids' purpose is to dramatically reduce the blended family and stepfamily failure rate by providing the information and tools needed to live a successful and healthy blended life.

Follow or Subscribe To Our Podcast

• On the web: https://nachokids.com/podcast
• iTunes: https://nachokids.com/itunes
• Stitcher: https://nachokids.com/stitcher
• Google Play: https://nachokids.com/googleplay

Join The Conversation

If you'd like to be a guest on the Nacho Kids Podcast, reach out to us and we'll see what we can do! Or if you have a question you'd like us to answer, send us a message! We are very thankful to all of our guests and our listeners. Our hope for you is that something you hear here will help you in your blend!

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Christina. Christina has been blending for 8-½ years. Not only does Christina work with autistic children, but her daughter is also on the spectrum. She has two stepsons ages thirteen and eleven, and two biological daughters ages fourteen and thirteen, as well as a 6-year-old ours kid. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Nacho Kids saving her sanity
• Very high conflict bio mom who threatened to make stepmom lose her baby
• Taking things personally
• Stepmoms trying to fix everything
• Stepkids need support too
• House rules

Rate & Review Our Podcast

Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. This helps others find the podcast and lets us know what our listeners want to hear.

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

• www.NachoKidsAcademy.com
• www.NachoKids.com

• Nacho Kids Facebook group

• Nacho Kids Facebook page 

• Nacho Kids Academy Facebook page

Our Purpose

Nacho Kids' purpose is to dramatically reduce the blended family and stepfamily failure rate by providing the information and tools needed to live a successful and healthy blended life.

Follow or Subscribe To Our Podcast

• On the web: https://nachokids.com/podcast
• iTunes: https://nachokids.com/itunes
• Stitcher: https://nachokids.com/stitcher
• Google Play: https://nachokids.com/googleplay

Join The Conversation

If you’d like to be a guest on the Nacho Kids Podcast, reach out to us and we’ll see what we can do! Or if you have a question you’d like us to answer, send us a message! We are very thankful to all of our guests and our listeners. Our hope for you is that something you hear here will help you in your blend!

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, co-founders of Nacho Kids, interviews a childless stepmom. She has two stepkids with her boyfriend that is 14 years older than her. They record their blended arguments to be able to look back and see how they handled similar issues in the past.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Being a childless stepmom
• Dealing with a high-conflict bio mom
• Recording your arguments
• Boundaries
• Guilty parent syndrome

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Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. This helps others find the podcast and lets us know what our listeners want to hear.

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

• www.NachoKidsAcademy.com

• www.NachoKids.com

• Nacho Kids Facebook group

• Nacho Kids Facebook page

• Nacho Kids Academy Facebook page

Our Purpose

Nacho Kids' purpose is to dramatically reduce the blended family and stepfamily failure rate by providing the information and tools needed to live a successful and healthy blended life.

Follow or Subscribe To Our Podcast

• On the web: https://nachokids.com/podcast
• iTunes: https://nachokids.com/itunes
• Stitcher: https://nachokids.com/stitcher
• Google Play: https://nachokids.com/googleplay

Join The Conversation

If you'd like to be a guest on the Nacho Kids Podcast, reach out to us and we'll see what we can do! Or if you have a question you'd like us to answer, send us a message! We are very thankful to all of our guests and our listeners. Our hope for you is that something you hear here will help you in your blend!

**Disclaimer: Parts of this podcast episode are adult in nature and not appropriate for children.**

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews a stepmom that became a stepmom to one of her stepkids as the result of infidelity when her significant other cheated on her with her best friend. Over the years, she has been more of a parent to this stepkid than the bio parents and has had to push her significant other to have a relationship with this child. Currently, she and the bio mom have a good relationship. She is so invested in this child, she wants to take over bio dad's custody.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Having a stepkid as a result of infidelity
• When the stepmom is more of a parent than the bio parent
• Considering a stepchild truly as your child
• Letting the stepkid call the stepmom "Mom"
• Importance of being thankful

Rate & Review Our Podcast

Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes and Stitcher. This helps others find the podcast and lets us know what our listeners want to hear.

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

• www.NachoKidsAcademy.com

• www.NachoKids.com

• Nacho Kids Facebook group

• Nacho Kids Facebook page

• Nacho Kids Academy Facebook page

Our Purpose

Nacho Kids' purpose is to dramatically reduce the blended family and stepfamily failure rate by providing the information and tools needed to live a successful and healthy blended life.

Follow or Subscribe To Our Podcast

On the web: https://nachokids.com/podcast

• iTunes: https://nachokids.com/itunes
• Stitcher: https://nachokids.com/stitcher
• Google Play: https://nachokids.com/googleplay

Join The Conversation

If you'd like to be a guest on the Nacho Kids Podcast, reach out to us and we'll see what we can do! Or if you have a question you'd like us to answer, send us a message! We are very thankful to all of our guests and our listeners. Our hope for you is that something you hear here will help you in your blend!