Feeding Your Family
Have you ever noticed that in order to stay alive, you have to keep feeding yourself?
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About the Host
Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
Episode Transcript
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Feeding Your Family
Air Date: February 27, 2025
Ron: Have you ever noticed that in order to stay alive, you have to keep feeding yourself?
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: Well, of course, you’ve noticed that. And you can hardly forget; if you’re not eating, your stomach is going to remind you, right?
Well, relationships need to be fed, too. And, one of the best foods is appreciation. If you want your relationships to grow then shower people with genuine compliments and don’t stop. Words of appreciation and affirmation can build a stepfamily relationship. They can foster closeness in a marriage, and even encourage cooperation between co-parents. But criticism can undo all of it and build walls of resentment. Don’t just keep your family alive—help it to thrive! Feed it appreciation food. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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