On FamilyLife Today with hosts Dave and Ann Wilson, Cheryl Shumake gets real about how to be a good stepparent without auditioning for acceptance.
With Dave and Ann Wilson on FamilyLife Today, author Cheryl Shumake explores betrayal, bitterness, and moving forward after divorce—and what forgiveness actually looks like.
Remarriage after the death of a spouse is more than saying “I do.” Rod and Rachel Faulkner Brown join Ron Deal on FamilyLife Blended to talk grief and blending a family.
How do you control your emotions when you’re already triggered? Ron and Nan Deal join Dave and Ann Wilson on FamilyLife Today to tackle the gap between knowing better and doing better.
Many kids grieving divorce never have words for what they’re carrying. Blake Hudspeth grew up through four different stepfamilies and knows how family change can shape a child’s view of love, trust, and belonging. On FamilyLife Blended, Ron Deal talks with Blake about the grief parents often overlook, the questions kids rarely ask out loud, and why feeling “fine” isn’t always the whole story.
Blended family life can feel like walking into someone else’s story: guarded kids, mixed loyalties, no clear playbook. Montell Jordan—the artist best known for his hit, “This Is How We Do It”—and his wife Kristen join Ron Deal to unpack growing up in the chaos—and what kids wish adults understood but rarely say.
Blending a family isn’t a Hallmark montage—it’s messy and complex. Debbie Alsdorf shares lessons from 36 years as a stepmom: mistakes, do-overs, and what truly helped her fractured family become one. Real advice, no fantasy.
You raised them with loving intentions—so why the distance? Jim Burns addresses parents’ regret and fear, sharing what to do when pushing backfires—and how to keep the door open with your adult child.
On FamilyLife Today, Ron Deal chats with Dave and Ann Wilson to offer brilliant tips for blended family dynamics.
Author Gil Stuart offers tips on being a thoughtful, intentional stepfather—and shaping the kind of family you all long for.
Ron Deal & Gil Stuart honor the “unsung hero” of the home: the stepdad. Learn how to navigate the unique challenges of step-parenting.
Loss shattered you; remarriage after widowhood humbles you amid trauma, blending families, and recurring developmental grief. If comparison, unmet expectations, or past pain threaten your marriage and home, listen in. Daniel and Brittany Brooker (Refuge Widowers) share Scripture-soaked wisdom, practical strategies, and hope to redeem brokenness for God’s glory.
Grew up in a blended family? New houses, new rules, new “normal” every few years. Ron Deal talks with Barna’s Micah Scharchburg about growing up in chaos—and how to parent without passing the past onto your kids.
Co-parenting in blended families is messy. Ron Deal and Gayla Grace speak with Dave and Ann Wilson about beating guilt and protecting your marriage.
Blended family life is messy—old fears, exes, money stress, kid loyalties. Ron Deal and Gayla Grace name the “ghosts” haunting stepfamilies—and why you pull back when you want to lean in.
Through “memory lane,” fire-pit talks, and birthday cakes at graves, podcasters Justin & Kelly Walker show how grief triggers, alongside laughter and love, collide in a blended family of nine.
After a scandalous start to their blended marriage, Ines Franklin and her husband Jim discovered God’s grace turns broken stories into masterpieces. With raw honesty–and pulling from the richness of the beatitudes in the Bible–Ines explains core ingredients to flourishing in blended family life, with heaps of practical takeaways. What began in shame ends with 5 kids, 10 grandkids, and redemption that shouts hope.
Overwhelmed by blended-family brokenness? Ron Deal and Wynand Jacobs dive into messy, unpolished realities, using kintsugi as a metaphor. They explore God’s power to reform shame into beauty, grief into testimony, and mistakes into stories that shine.
