Archive for the ‘book news’ Category
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Now what? The secret to a happy marriage on psychologytoday.com
If you are married to or partnered with a man with an ex and kids, you need every leg up you can get to keep yourself sane–and keep your partnership alive. Hope you will read my latest on psychologytoday.com. Then tell your husband or partner what happily married people are doing all the time…and leave a comment!
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/stepmonster/201112/give-it-me-often-the-surprising-secret-happy-marriage
Tags:blended family, divorce, family, predictors of divorce, predictors of happy marriage, predictors of martial satsifaction, psychology today, remarriage, remarriage with children, step mother, stepfamily, stepmonster, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, wednesday martin, woman with stepchildren
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Lots of great articles on topics that matter to YOU
The
October issue of StepMom Magazine is live! In it you will find articles by experts and women with stepchildren who walk the walk. You will find great advice and insight in these pages. This month I write about women with stepchildren and negativity. What is your best “fix” when you find yourself in a negativity spiral? Tell me about it.
Tags:blended family, divorce, family, step mother, stepfamily, stepfamily statistics, stepfamily support, Stepmom Magazine, stepmonster, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother statistics, stepmother support, wednesday martin, woman with stepchildren
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Have a listen, post a comment
Here’s a link to a
radio interview I recently did with stepfamily therapist Mary Kelly-Williams, M.A. of marriedwithbaggage.com on her Blog Talk Radio show. We discussed childless and childfree women with stepchildren, their particular issues and challenges. Hope you will have a listen! Separately, blogger Kim Cottrell wonders “What to call us? Childfree sounds egocentric, childless sounds deprived.” What do you think? Do we need a new term?
Tags:blended family, blog talk radio, divorce, divorce with children, family, Mary Kelly-Williams, step mother, stepfamily, stepfamily statistics, stepmother, stepmother adjustment, stepmother advice, stepmother statistics, stepmother support, woman with stechildren
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
Testing, testing...please tune in!
I will be discussing the emotional reality of childless and child-free stepmothers with host Mary Kelly-Williams, M.A. on her Blog Talk Radio show September 27 at 11 am EST. Hope you will tune in…you can also call into the show to ask a question.
Tags:blended family, blog talk radio, child-free, childless stepmother, divorce, family, marraige, Mary Kelly-Williams, remarriage, remarriage with children, step mother, stepchild, stepfamily, stepmonster, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, wednesday martin
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Hope to see you there...
What are your biggest concerns and issues regarding your parntership with a man with kids (and and ex)? Tell me about it. I will be co-conducting a workshop with stepfamily expert Dr. Rachelle Katz on Saturday September 24 in NYC. Register by clicking here…and tell us about your biggest issue in the comments section below…
Tags:blended family, blended family workshop, counseling for stepparents, divorce, family, new york city open center, remarriage with children, step mother, stepfamily, stepfamily counseling, stepfamily experts, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, workshop for stepmothers
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Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Plus, she probably had stepkids
The September issues of StepMom Magazine has posted! In it you will find all kinds of informative and helpful articles by stepmothers and stepparenting experts who walk the walk. Mary Kelly Williams on the importance of the couple bond. Heather Hetchler on loyalty binds. Susan Swanson on why women with stepkids need social support–and good girlfriends. And Susan Wisdom in stepparenting teens. And much much more. I do recommend you subscribe today because knowledge is power, and can make this gig a lot less insanity-inducing!
Tags:blended family, divorce, evolution and stepparenting, family, remarriage, remarriage with children, step mother, Stepmom Magazine, stepmonster, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, stepmothers in history, wednesday martin
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
What are your questions?
I am the special guest expert on CafeMom’s Stepmom Central board this week. Hope you will stop by the site and ask a question
Tags:blended family, cafe mom, divorce, family, remarriage, remarriage with children, step mother, stepchildren, stepfamily, stepmom central, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, wednesday martin
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Not!
Hope you will have a look at my latest post for psychologytoday.com…and leave a comment!
Tags:blended family, divorce, family, step mother, stepchild, stepfamily, stepfather, stepmonster, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, wednesday martin
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
If his kids are in a loyalty bind, take care of YOU
Joanne Richard wrote
this article about stepchildren and adult stepchildren in loyalty binds and what a stepmother “should” do to improve the situation. My answer was…nothing! Joanne also quotes my colleague and good friend Dr. Rachelle Katz, author of The Happy Stepmother, one of the only reasearch-based books out there for stepmothers other than my own. Hope you will have a read…and leave a comment.
Tags:blended family, divorce, family, loyalty bind, remarriage, remarriage with children, stepchild, stepmonster, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, wednesday martin
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Thursday, April 7th, 2011
What women with stepchildren can’t relate to what Pema Chodron writes: “The saddest thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.”
Are you angry about the past and anxious about the future?
Many of our stepmothering dilemmas are beyond our control–stressors abound in a repartnership with a man with children. But our responses to stress are, thankfully, something we can take charge of.
What part of your day is given over to ruminating over the past–the way his children and/or ex mistreated you or him, for example–or worrying about what may happen in the future? (What will his daughter’s weekend visit be like this time? What horrible thing will his ex wife do to undermine it? Etc.)? How might choosing to focus on living in the present moment help you and improve your marriage or partnership?
Tags:blended family, divorce, family, pema chodron, remarriage, remarriage with children, step mother, stepchildren, stepfamily, stepmonster, stepmother, stepmother advice, stepmother support, wednesday martin
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