Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents

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A short weekly podcast for struggling stepparents who need a quick pick-me-up. With love, from Blended Family Frappé. xo blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    🤦🏻‍♀️ My #1 stepmom mistake

    The more you know about the complexities of stepfam life, the more you’re setting yourself up for success. And, by extension, the rest of your blended family too. GRAB YOUR FREE TICKET TO STEPMOMCON 2025! >> Read the full transcript on Substack >> -- ➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE! 🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY 🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

    4 min
  2. 😫 Stepparenting + compassion fatigue

    21 SEPT

    😫 Stepparenting + compassion fatigue

    Stepparenting compassion fatigue is what happens when your heart can literally no longer feel empathy because you’ve been so overexposed to never-ending stepfamily problems. If that's you, go grab my guide: 17 coping tips for managing overwhelming emotions and please know YOU ARE NOT ALONE. xo Read the full transcript on Substack >> -- ➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE! 🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY 🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

    3 min

  3. 14 SEPT

    🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 We are not the Brady Bunch

    Happy Stepfamily Day (Sep 16th) to all the incredible blended families out there that look nothing like the Brady Bunch. The Brady Bunch laid the groundwork for decades of unrealistic expectations about blended families. The real journey toward blended is so much more intimidating. Which doesn't mean we're failing at becoming a family; it’s just that our preconceptions about what "blended" really means are misinformed. Read the full transcript on Substack >> -- ➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE! 🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY 🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

    7 min

  4. 7 SEPT

    🌟 Imperfect stepparenting still counts

    You do not need to be perfect to be a good stepparent. You’re certainly not responsible for living up to someone else’s unrealistic stepparenting expectations. Or your own unrealistic expectations! Read the full transcript on Substack >> -- ➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE! 🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY 🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

    4 min

  5. 31 AUG

    🤨 SHOULD we parent our stepkids though?

    If you need help wrapping your brain around the idea of of disengaging in a positive way, I wrote a whole ebook to help with that: ➡️ Not Your Circus, Not Your Monkeys: The Frustrated Stepparent's Guide to Reclaiming Personal Peace. It includes advice and a step-by-step how-to along with my personal stories about disengaging, plus a bunch of different “how I disengaged” examples from other stepparents. This ebook is included as a perk for our paid subscribers on Substack, but you can also buy it as a standalone right here. Read the full episode transcript on Substack >> -- ➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE! 🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY 🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

    4 min

  6. 24 AUG

    🐸 Frogs in boiling water

    A high conflict ex can turn stepfamily life into a nightmare. How can stepparents keep from getting cooked ourselves? Read the full transcript on Substack >> -- ➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE! 🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY 🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

    4 min

  7. 17 AUG

    🏆 Step 1 of stepfam success

    It literally took years for Dan & I to get on the same page as a stepcouple. Which, it turns out, is pretty normal in a blended family. That sure doesn’t make it easy though! Which is why we put together this guide: How to Actually Blend: The Missing Instruction Manual for Stepcouples. You might also want to check out: The 3 phases (& 7 stages) of blending your family Blended family red flags Read the full transcript on Substack >> -- ➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE! 🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY 🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

    4 min

  8. 10 AUG

    ❤️‍🩹 Self-care when you can’t even

    So much of successfully navigating stepparenting depends on our ability to think outside the box — to get creative, to redefine how “family” looks and feels, to reassess what it means to be a stepparent in a way that actually works for us. And all of that applies to self-care for stepparents as well: it’s probably not gonna look how you thought. Which is normal and okay. Read the full transcript on Substack >> -- ➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE! 🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY 🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

    3 min
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A short weekly podcast for struggling stepparents who need a quick pick-me-up. With love, from Blended Family Frappé. xo blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com

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