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Podcast 1:34 – Retrospective on 8 years of Blending families
In this episode learn why it is important to take time to frequently renew your relationship. In our recent time away we recorded this podcast about the last eight years of our marriage. Find out our highs and lows and what we learned from it all. What is different now compared to 8 years ago…
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Podcast 1:33 – Decorating for the Holidays
Decorating for the Holidays is a great tradition that turns a house into a home. For Paige and Darren, this was critical to helping their kids feel somewhat normal after blending the families. Even though we love the way our home is decorated, Darren’s aversion to a disaster of a garage and piles of boxes…
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Podcast 1:32 – Finding your own Lemonade, Overcoming Hardship
Many times we are searching for the perfect lemonade when we are dealt lemons. We know if we are positive enough and with enough sugar, we can find good in anything thrown our way. But sometimes we need to adjust our expectations to fit the current situation. In this episode, we talk about finding our…
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Podcast 1:30 – Managing Solveable and Unsolveable Problems
This week Paige continues to teach Darren what she learned at “Education Week”. This episode we tackle managing problems, not solving problem, managing them. Some problems, like putting socks in the hamper, take a long to solve, but all problems can be managed. Browser does not support playback Checking in Exacerbated by my kids, your…
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Podcast 1:29 – Girls Trips
In this episode, Darren and Paige cover the importance of Girl’s trips, the emotions of the husband left behind. Browser does not support playback History of Girls trips From 1993 to 2008 the number of “Girl’s Trips” grew by 230%. From 2008 to 2019 it more than doubled again. 25% of adult women have taken…
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Podcast 1:28 – Identifying and Avoiding Toxic Behavior
Paige went to “Education Week” and attended several marriage relationship classes. In this episode, Paige talks to Darren about what she learned on how we can avoid toxic behavior in our relationship and strengthen our marriage. Listen here Your browser does not support playback Watch here Toxic Behavior Vision for your marriage. Good communication, and…
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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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Episode 1:25 – Friends and Divorce
Friends are yet another tricky subject in divorce. Who gets what friends after a divorce? Does your new spouse make friends with your friends? What happens if you are in the same social circles still? Are there people that want to be friends with both you and your ex? It gets complicated really fast.In this…
Where's the Lemonade
Finding lemonade when life gives you lemons.