Category: relationships
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Podcast 1:27 – Back to school, Boohoo, Woohoo
The fall brings kids going back to school or even leaving home to go to College for the first time. In this episode, we talk about the perils of back to school in a blended family and the emotions of sending kids off to college for the first time. Your browser does not suppoer Kids…
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Podcast: 1:22 – Preparing for the worst day of Your life. Navigate Kids Through the Separation
One of the worst days in our lives was telling our kids we were getting divorced. Turns out it is also the worst day in the lives of our kids too. In this episode, we discuss how we navigated the tricky conversation that we had with our kids. Our approaches were very different but we…
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Podcast 1:19 – Flexibility in Travelling Together
In this episode learn how a trip to the Oregon Coast quickly turned into a business trip to Washington DC for Darren. Paige decided to join him so they could have some quality time alone together. Travel log and some nice back and forth about a missed romantic trip. Business Trips Plan time to be…
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Podcast 1:17 – Custody Scheduling Nightmares and Successes
Are you having a hard time figuring out custody schedules with your ex? Are you 50/50 and don’t know if you should be week on or week off? Or are you looking at a 2-2-5-5? If you don’t even know what these are you can hear the nightmare of scheduling when you have a blended…
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Podcast 1:9 – Depression and Anxiety
We thought the topic of depression and anxiety was important to cover because Paige suffers from clinical depression and Darren has suffered from situational depression in the past. In this episode, we talk about tools to help your spouse through their depression, how to identify the difference between the situational and clinical depression, and how…
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Podcast 1:7 – Being part of a Bigger Extended Family (Blending into your spouse’s family)
The Three Amigos 2012 It can be really difficult blending families, imagine what is like to blend with 10 siblings. Blending includes not just your kids it includes your siblings and parents as well. In this episode, we look at the pitfalls and the success of joining a big family that already has a history…
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Podcast 1:3 – Egg’s Benedict and Sausage Fondue (Traditions)
Too Many Christmas Presents Establishing traditions is important to give your family (blended or not) a foundation that your children can hold on to when things are difficult. This can be tricky when you are combining traditions from multiple families. You have to figure out when to keep traditions, combine them, throw them out and…
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Podcast 1:2 – Spending Time Alone (Together)
Anton Valley Panama Listen to the Episode here Your browser does not support the audio element. Why we go on trips? Your life does not start alone, you are dropped off in the middle of a bunch of stuff! There is no beginning with just the two of you. Important to disconnect from everyone and…
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Podcast 1:1 – When Life Gives You Lemons
Listen to the episode here Your browser does not support the audio element. Brief history Both found ourselves divorced after over 20 years. We met online. Paige was the first girl to flirt with Darren online. It was hard to go on a date for the first time after 20 years. Did not want to…