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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.

Meet The Ron Deal


Ron Deal is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife® and President of Smart Stepfamilies™. He is a family ministry consultant and conducts marriage and family seminars around the country; he specializes in marriage education and stepfamily enrichment. He is one of the most widely read authors on stepfamily living in the country.

Preparing to Blend | FamilyLife® | Ron Deal


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How do you give grace to a teenager? To a stepteenager, at that? And,

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All parenting is difficult, but when you add in divorce, the challenge multiplies. Staying

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When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be.”

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Stepcouples hope and pray they can have peaceful relations with their former spouses, and

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Stepmoms bear a unique burden, and they often neglect their own care. Melanie Anthony

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She may have been in love with Lamar, but as a strong self-confident woman,

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Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce, right? WRONG. In this encouraging exploration of

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Understanding the long-term effects of divorce and remarriage on kids is difficult. A good

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When Dave was growing up his father told him over and over, “You’re a