The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver

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

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, co-founders of Nacho Kids, interview a stepmom that parents six children with six other adults in three other households! Stepmom Heather is in her third marriage and second blend! She has three bio kids from her first marriage, one bio kid and two stepkids from her second marriage, and two stepkids from her third marriage. Her second marriage didn't work out because her husband at the time couldn't deal with her bio kid's high conflict bio dad. And, here's a new twist… bio mom to her current stepkids is her tenant!!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Significant other wanting to be a playmate to his kids
• Nachoing one stepkid and not the other
• Letting the stepkids and stepparent create their own dance
• How Nachoing saved her sanity
• Feeling like an outsider in the blend

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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

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
• iTunes: https://nachokids.com/itunes
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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!

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

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, co-founders of Nacho Kids, interview a stepmom that parents six children with six other adults in three other households! Stepmom Heather is in her third marriage and second blend! She has three bio kids from her first marriage, one bio kid and two stepkids from her second marriage, and two stepkids from her third marriage. Her second marriage didn’t work out because her husband at the time couldn’t deal with her bio kid’s high conflict bio dad. And, here’s a new twist… bio mom to her current stepkids is her tenant!! 

In this episode, we discuss:

• Significant other wanting to be a playmate to his kids
• Nachoing one stepkid and not the other
• Letting the stepkids and stepparent create their own dance
• How Nachoing saved her sanity
• Feeling like an outsider in 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, founders of Nacho Kids, interview stepmom Celia Kibler! Celia is the founder of Pumped up Parenting and Funfit Family Fitness. She has been blending for 25 years! She has two biological children from her first husband and gained three stepkids when she remarried.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Stepkids being treated as guests
• Family pictures in the blend
• Not taking things personally
• Criticizing the other bio parent to the kids
• Differences between the two homes

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

• Family Pictures in the Blend - Blog by Nacho Kids

• Pumped Up Parenting

• Funfit Family Fitness

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, founders of Nacho Kids, interview stepmom Celia Kibler! Celia is the founder of Pumped up Parenting and Funfit Family Fitness. She has been blending for 25 years! She has two biological children from her first husband and gained three stepkids when she remarried.  

In this episode, we discuss:

• Stepkids being treated as guests
• Family pictures in the blend
• Not taking things personally
• Criticizing the other bio parent to the kids
• Differences between the two homes

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

• Family Pictures in the Blend - Blog by Nacho Kids

• Pumped Up Parenting 

• Funfit Family Fitness

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 childless stepmom, Heather. She has been blending for five years and is a very involved stepmom with her seven-year-old stepson. Heather is also a stepkid herself, which always gives us another perspective!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The struggles of being a childless stepmom
• Having an "ours" kid or not
• Stepmom resentment
• How the relationship between the stepkids and stepparent change over time

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 for 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 Sylvia! Sylvia has been blending for 11 years, has three adult stepkids, and no biological children. She was a widow before marrying her current husband and becoming a step person. Yes, I said "step person". Sylvia and I talk about the title "Stepmom" and how it puts too much stress on a person to fill a "mom" role when they aren't the mom.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The "stepmom" title
• Being dedicated to your relationship with your significant other
• Nachoing your significant other
• What the Nacho Kids method is not

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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 for 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 Sylvia! Sylvia has been blending for 11 years, has three adult stepkids, and no biological children. She was a widow before marrying her current husband and becoming a step person. Yes, I said “step person”. Sylvia and I talk about the title “Stepmom” and how it puts too much stress on a person to fill a “mom” role when they aren't the mom.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The “stepmom” title
• Being dedicated to your relationship with your significant other
• Nachoing your significant other
• What the Nacho Kids method is not

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 for 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 Sims, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews Claudette Chenevert! Claudette is a stepmom of 29 years!! She has two stepdaughters and one biological son. Claudette is a stepmom coach and author of the book "The Stepmoms Book of Boundaries: How and Where to Draw the Line - For a Happier, Healthier Stepfamily".

In this episode, we discuss:

• Blended families are like micro-communities
• Believing in your relationship
• Mental awareness
• House rules & consequences
• Not rushing things

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In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews Melanie Anthony, founder of Stepmoms Alive! Stepmoms Alive is an annual event in Austin, TX to equip and encourage stepmoms for their journey! Nacho Kids will be speaking at this event in January of 2020! Melanie has been a stepmom for eleven years! She has twin stepdaughters and one bio daughter. She is also co-author of a devotional for stepmoms, "Daily Bread for the Starving Stepmom".

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In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews Melanie Anthony, founder of Stepmoms Alive! Stepmoms Alive is an annual event in Austin, TX to equip and encourage stepmoms for their journey! Nacho Kids will be speaking at this event in January of 2020! Melanie has been a stepmom for eleven years! She has twin stepdaughters and one bio daughter. She is also co-author of a devotional for stepmoms, “Daily Bread for the Starving Stepmom”. 

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.