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Podcast 1:14 – Sandwiches (Mustard/Mayo) – Making kids feel special in a Large Family.
Christmas Card 2013 Sandwiches might have nothing to do with treating kids as individuals, but in our house it does. Learn how just some small questions of our kids helped us find out how to treat them as an individual in our blended family. Treat each kid uniquely Lunches. Darren made everyone the same thing.…
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Podcast 1:13 – Your previous life in your current marriage
Your history has a profound effect on who you are. When you are in a second marriage that includes your relationship with your previous spouse. Sometimes learning about your spouse’s previous relationships can be difficult, but we have found over the years that it has given us a better understanding of each other, where we…
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Podcast 1:12 Compromise – Know when to hold em, fold em and walk away.
Every marriage includes times when you are going to have to compromise. In a blended family, there are even more opportunities to practice your compromising skills. In this episode, we explore different kinds of compromise and how best to work through the hard decisions you have to make. Blended Family Compromises Small things Whose pots…
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Podcast 1:11 – Bonding with Older Step Children
In this episode, we talked to our older kids, the kids that were out of the house or teenagers when we got married. We asked them some hard questions about blending families, bonding with a step parent and fitting into this new family. We had our eyes opened as our kids did not hold back…
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Podcast 1:10 – Heritage Road Trip with the Kids
Family Heritage Roadtrips help give your kids a sense of belonging and roots. With a blended family, it can be tricky if you don’t plan things out carefully. This episode is a travel episode of our Heritage road, find out what worked well for us and did not. Why a heritage road trip? It gives…
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Heritage Trip Travel Log
Day 1 – SFO -> BOS Flight from SFO to BOS (San Francisco to Boston) arrived at 1am and stayed at the Hilton at the Airport. It was very convenient as we just walked over to the hotel. David did not get to sit next to a stranger like he wanted. Day 2 – ~…
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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 1:8 – Transparency in your marriage
Play Episode Transparency in marriage is a hot topic in social media right now. The constant pull between personal privacy and sharing everything with your spouse has several couples at odds and is lighting up the blended family social groups. In this episode, we discuss how we tackle this hard issue. Start with a mutual…
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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 1:6 – “The Horrible First Year”
Engagement Picture The first year of blending families can be pretty difficult, downright horrible. In this episode, we talk about the challenges of throwing two families together and how we dealt with the obstacles we ran into. Listen to this Episode Your browser does not support the audio element. Love does not conquer all For…
Where's the Lemonade
Finding lemonade when life gives you lemons.