100 episodes

FamilyLife Blended® provides timeless wisdom and practical help and hope for blended families and those who love them. Join Ron L. Deal, LMFT, LPC as he and his guests discuss a wide variety of marriage, family, and relationship topics related to blended families.

FamilyLife Blended® Podcast FamilyLife Network

    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.9 • 303 Ratings

FamilyLife Blended® provides timeless wisdom and practical help and hope for blended families and those who love them. Join Ron L. Deal, LMFT, LPC as he and his guests discuss a wide variety of marriage, family, and relationship topics related to blended families.

    139: Growing Up Blended: My Stepdad

    139: Growing Up Blended: My Stepdad

    Growing up blended often includes hard transitions and isolation for those involved. But Marshall West's story is different. He shares with Ron Deal the beauty of God's provision for two families coming together after loss, giving him a dad he never had a...

    • 37 min
    138: Cancer, NFL, and Family

    138: Cancer, NFL, and Family

    Ex-NFL football player Devon Still and his wife Asha married shortly after Devon's young daughter, Leah, went into remission from stage four cancer. While rejoicing over Leah's healing, they were soon blindsided by blended family struggles. Devon and Asha...

    • 38 min
    137: Broken: Help for Family Problems

    137: Broken: Help for Family Problems

    God understands broken people. He sent His son to die for us. Even when we feel beyond help, He meets us where we are, He loves us, and He redeems us. He sent the Holy Spirit to be our counselor and our guide. In our messiness, God wants to use our storie...

    • 41 min
    136: Help Me with My Finances

    136: Help Me with My Finances

    Help for your finances! Money matters can be a hot topic for blended families, creating strife and inequity if not handled well. Listen in as Ron Deal speaks with Gayla Grace and financial expert Greg Pettys about how couples can make wise decisions on fi...

    • 46 min
    135: Growing Up Blended: Kim Walker Smith’s Story

    135: Growing Up Blended: Kim Walker Smith’s Story

    Singer/songwriter Kim Walker-Smith grew up in a blended family with multiple stepparents, instability, abuse, and isolation. She shares her story with Ron Deal in this podcast episode, beginning with her mom’s first divorce when she was a young child. I...

    • 58 min
    134: Being a Stepparent: Is it a Blessing?

    134: Being a Stepparent: Is it a Blessing?

    Are there blessings in blended family life? Yes! But they might not show up in ways we expect or as quickly as we’d like. In this 2023 Blended and Blessed presentation, Cheryl Shumake talks about the many bonus blessings she has experienced and the stre...

    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
303 Ratings

303 Ratings

SweetBigMomma ,

Trusted Resource for my clients

I’m a therapist and have referred clients to Ron’s book for years. The podcast is one more amazing resource for them!

PastorBrianV ,

Invaluable resource

I thought that remarriage and integration of my family and my SO would be easy. Why is it so hard? Why didn’t anyone tell me all the potential pitfalls? Well, here is an amazing and invaluable resource for step-families and those contemplating blending families.

LBHYoung ,

Episode 129! Wow!

Thank you for having the Whitney’s on. Their testimony was life changing. Please please please, if anyone is struggling with step children situations, Blended is here and episode 129 is the one that comforts about all understanding. I pray God gives you understanding and peace. ‘Wait, & Wait, & Wait’. because Love is patient. It keeps no records of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13. Amen.

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