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Essential Stepmom Podcast

Your trusted source for unconventional advice and inspiration about the Womanly Art of Raising Someone Else's Kids.

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ESP 2.17 Stop the "Stepmom Spiral": 3 ways to conquer the habit pattern of negative thinking.

ESP 2.17 Stop the "Stepmom Spiral": 3 ways to conquer the habit pattern of negative thinking.

Want my free gratitude journal template? Grab it here: bit.ly/123gratitude I love to hear from you - really, it just ma... Read more

18 Feb 2020

22mins

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ESP 15: The Disengaging Essay

ESP 15: The Disengaging Essay

My guest Maarit Miller created and published a version of the Disengaging Essay that made it famous in the stepmom world... Read more

27 Aug 2019

59mins

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ESP 2.8 On Being A Childless Stepmom

ESP 2.8 On Being A Childless Stepmom

In response to a listener request, I interviewed Sonia Richter - artist, stepmom and blogger. Sonia opened her personal ... Read more

10 Dec 2019

29mins

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ESP 8. Understanding Loyalty: Loving The Stepchild Who Won't Let You In

ESP 8. Understanding Loyalty: Loving The Stepchild Who Won't Let You In

The loyalty bind, or loyalty conflict as it's sometimes known, is possibly the most insidious barrier to a healthy relat... Read more

9 Jul 2019

21mins

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ESP 2.3: The Heartbreak Of Feeling Invisible.

ESP 2.3: The Heartbreak Of Feeling Invisible.

Do you feel invisible sometimes? Like, your stepchild acts as if you don't exist? Or your parenting input to your spouse... Read more

30 Oct 2019

25mins

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ESP 2.9 Disengaging For Beginners - 3 Easy Steps

ESP 2.9 Disengaging For Beginners - 3 Easy Steps

What do you know about Disengaging? Here's a "start where you are" guide to finding your way to better stepfamily relati... Read more

17 Dec 2019

21mins

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ESP 2.5 Step-parent Burnout Syndrome

ESP 2.5 Step-parent Burnout Syndrome

I am acquainted with burnout, like many other high performing women. I've burned out once as a wife and once as a stepmo... Read more

19 Nov 2019

36mins

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ESP. 3: The trouble with chores

ESP. 3: The trouble with chores

Should your step kids be doing chores? If you think so and their dad doesn't, what can you do?  There's a difference bet... Read more

4 Jun 2019

32mins

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ESP 9: Parental Alienation Part 1 - 10 Practical Tips

ESP 9: Parental Alienation Part 1 - 10 Practical Tips

Parental Alienation might be the most difficult challenge a step-family can face. Here are 10 practical tips for helping... Read more

17 Jul 2019

31mins

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ESP 4: When High-Challenge Is Your Normal: Part 1 Of A conversation with Christina Providence

ESP 4: When High-Challenge Is Your Normal: Part 1 Of A conversation with Christina Providence

Christina Providence is an energy coach who helps high performing women recover from burnout and get back their physical... Read more

11 Jun 2019

16mins

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ESP. 6 The Spiritual Work of Step-parenting (part 1)

ESP. 6 The Spiritual Work of Step-parenting (part 1)

I have a personal story to share about my own journey towards embracing spirituality. It's the story of how I found my h... Read more

26 Jun 2019

26mins

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ESP. 2.14 Dads, Kids and Consequences (and the 4-minute mile)

ESP. 2.14 Dads, Kids and Consequences (and the 4-minute mile)

There's a lesson we can all learn from the story of how Roger Bannister became the first human to run a mile in under 4 ... Read more

21 Jan 2020

24mins

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ESP 2.6 Control Junkie No More!

ESP 2.6 Control Junkie No More!

I am a recovering control junkie and not afraid to admit it. I now get my fix minding my own business and controlling th... Read more

26 Nov 2019

42mins

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ESP 2.4 She wants her mom and dad to get back together...

ESP 2.4 She wants her mom and dad to get back together...

...and other cute things stepkids say. In this episode, I chat with Tania Heinemann who I invited onto the podcast to ta... Read more

5 Nov 2019

30mins

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ESP 5: Drop The Knives! Part two of my conversation with Christina Providence

ESP 5: Drop The Knives! Part two of my conversation with Christina Providence

Dropping the knives is a brilliant metaphor for thinking in a new way about working at the edge of your capacity (or the... Read more

18 Jun 2019

28mins

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ESP 10: Parental Alienation Part 2

ESP 10: Parental Alienation Part 2

Kim Wilson describes her experience being completely alienated from her mother from age 1 to age 7, and the effect this ... Read more

23 Jul 2019

33mins

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ESP 2.13 Dealing with Alienated Teens

ESP 2.13 Dealing with Alienated Teens

This is from a live video I made for my Facebook group called One For The Dads. If you'd like to join (and you're a biol... Read more

14 Jan 2020

21mins

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ESP 2.12 Riffing on Brene Brown's "Dare To Lead"

ESP 2.12 Riffing on Brene Brown's "Dare To Lead"

If you don't know Brene Brown, just google her TED talk on vulnerability - it's had over 30 million views. She's the aut... Read more

7 Jan 2020

21mins

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ESP 12: Infertility - Support and Transformation with Dr. Stacy Thomas

ESP 12: Infertility - Support and Transformation with Dr. Stacy Thomas

Dr. Stacy is a Clinical Psychologist in private practise in Toronto, Canada. She specializes in helping women manage the... Read more

6 Aug 2019

1hr 1min

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ESP 2.15: For those days when you think you just suck at this.

ESP 2.15: For those days when you think you just suck at this.

Everyone has days like this, I know I have had my share. Days when you think you just suck at being a stepmom and everyt... Read more

28 Jan 2020

20mins

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