Wednesday, September 24, 2008
What is Fair and Effective in a Blended Family?
Listen: What is Fair and Effective?
In the recent coaching session of Blended-Families.com, Greg, one of the callers, shared his desire to parent all their children without causing friction between him and his wife. Different personality types come into play. Blended-Families.com Founder and Coach Emily Bouchard gives a powerful advice for Greg to consider to make his family the best that it can become.
Listen: What is Fair and Effective?
In the recent coaching session of Blended-Families.com, Greg, one of the callers, shared his desire to parent all their children without causing friction between him and his wife. Different personality types come into play. Blended-Families.com Founder and Coach Emily Bouchard gives a powerful advice for Greg to consider to make his family the best that it can become.
Listen: What is Fair and Effective?
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Step Wars Book Review - Parts 1 & 2

Listen now: Part 1 and Part 2
Step Wars is an excellent and practical guide to help avoid pitfalls, to repair past damage, to maintain healthy relationships and to help everyone enjoy an adult step family experience. Blended-Families.com Coach Sheena Berg provides an objective review of the book for readers to appreciate it more.
Listen now: Part 1 and Part 2
Labels:
adult stepfamily,
anger,
conflict,
couple,
relationship
Monday, September 22, 2008
The Tact and Tacking Skills in Resolving Blended Family Conflicts
Listen: Step Wars
Adult stepfamilies face five common anger issues. Issues that surprisingly, both the parental couple and adult children share. Although these basic fears and concerns are important factors in stepparent relationships, there are opposing views about who causes the problems. Grace Gabe, M.D. and Jean Lipman-Blumen, Ph.D., authors of the groundbreaking book, Step Wars, described these anger issues as the Five Furies.This topic is expounded more in the book, Step Wars, by Grace Gabe, M.D. and Jean Lipman-Blumen, Ph.D. There’s no substitute for reading the book, but a close second is to join us on an Ask the Experts interview with Grace Gabe and Jean Lipman-Blumen on September 30,
Listen: Step Wars
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