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159 The 3-Step Guide to Navigating Hard Feelings in Your Blended Family

March 10, 2025

Alison Cook

What do you do with feelings like anger, jealousy, hurt, or rejection in your blended family? Listen to Ron Deal’s conversation with Dr. Alison Cook, who offers a three-step process to work through hard feelings and find healing and hope for your journey.

FamilyLife Blended® Podcast

159 The 3-Step Guide to Navigating Hard Feelings in Your Blended Family

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Help For Pre-Blended Families

October 1, 2021

Ron Deal

Preparing for marriage to begin a blended family comes with unique dynamics. Ron Deal, Director of FamilyLife Blended, talks about addressing not just the joining of two hearts, but those of the whole family.

FamilyLife Today

Help For Pre-Blended Families

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Engaged and Blending

September 30, 2021

Ron Deal

Are you engaged or just beginning a blended family? Ron Deal, Director of FamilyLife Blended, discusses how couples can prepare their families to blend with intentionality and joy.

FamilyLife Today

Engaged and Blending

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

A Panel Discusses the Complexities of Stepfamilies and Holidays

December 21, 2020

Jeff and Kim Roberson & Laura Petherbridge & Ron Deal & Shannon Simmons

The holidays can be a challenge for blended families. Ron Deal moderates a panel discussing the complexity of holidays with stepfamilies.

FamilyLife Today

A Panel Discusses the Complexities of Stepfamilies and Holidays

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Prioritizing Your Relationship

July 1, 2020

Ron Deal

Blending a family isn't easy, but it's definitely worth it. Ron Deal reminds couples that their marriage must be a priority if the marriage is going to thrive. Hear one young woman share what it's like to be a stepdaughter.

FamilyLife Today

Prioritizing Your Relationship

00:00 / 00:28:54

FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Press Through the Struggle

June 30, 2020

Ron Deal

Ron Deal explains that marriage, while typically a two-person dance, gets complicated as couples try to manage all the lives around them. He encourages couples to hold onto God's hand and never give up.

FamilyLife Today

Press Through the Struggle

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

The Power of God at Work in Stepfamilies

June 29, 2020

Ron Deal

Ron Deal talks with Dave and Ann Wilson about how couples often get blindsided when trying to blend two families. He gives some practical advice for interacting with stepchildren.

FamilyLife Today

The Power of God at Work in Stepfamilies

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Loving You Best

February 19, 2020

Gary Chapman & Ron Deal

Gary Chapman joins Ron Deal to talk about loving your blended family members through the five love languages: touch, quality time, gifts, words of affirmation, and acts of service.

FamilyLife Today

Loving You Best

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Love Languages and the Second Marriage

February 18, 2020

Gary Chapman & Ron Deal

Gary Chapman and Ron Deal team up to talk about applying the love languages to a second marriage. Both spouses need to be intentional about protecting their marriage and reassuring their children.

FamilyLife Today

Love Languages and the Second Marriage

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Learning the Language of Love

February 17, 2020

Gary Chapman & Ron Deal

What says love to you? A tender touch? A surprise gift? Time with your honey? Gary Chapman joins blended-family expert Ron Deal, to talk about the love languages and the blended family.

FamilyLife Today

Learning the Language of Love

00:00 / 00:26:19

FamilyLife Today® Podcast

The Childless Stepmom

November 1, 2019

Laura Petherbridge & Ron Deal

For a woman with no biological children, stepping into the role of stepmom can be a bewildering labyrinth of complexities. Ron Deal and Laura Petherbridge discuss how to navigate this winding path.

FamilyLife Today

The Childless Stepmom

00:00 / 00:28:49

FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Refreshment for Stepmoms

August 22, 2019

Melanie Anthony & Ron Deal

Stepmoms bear a unique burden, and they often neglect their own care. Melanie Anthony offers hope for balance in the midst of the burden.

FamilyLife Today

Refreshment for Stepmoms

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What Would Joseph Do?

Scott Silverii

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There is endless capacity for a loving relationship between a stepdad and his stepchildren.

Creating Closer Relationships in Stepfamilies

Ron Deal

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Strengthen bonds between kids and stepparents by going on a trip that doesn’t fit into the status quo.

FamilyLife Blended® Minute Podcast

Step-Grandparenting

July 30, 2018

Ron Deal

Ron Deal, director of FamilyLife Blended, talks about the vital role step-grandparents provide as they help create connection in their families.

FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Step-Grandparenting

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FamilyLife Today® Podcast

Blended Family Adjustments

June 29, 2018

Robbie and Sabrina McDonald & Ron Deal

Robbie and Sabrina McDonald, both widowed before they met and now married to each other for three years, talk about the challenges of blending a family.

FamilyLife Today

Blended Family Adjustments