51: Growing Up in a Blender: Play the Long Game
When blended family variables create tough dynamics to parent through, we might consider giving up on those relationships. But Jim Ramos, raised in a blended family, speaks with Ron Deal about he was impacted by his parents and stepparents and the value of playing the long game in our stepfamilies.
Show Notes
About the Host
About the Guest
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- Learn more about Jim Ramos and Men in the Arena. https://meninthearena.org/
- Read Ron's Article: What Do We Do Now? When Step-siblings Have Sex. https://smartstepfamilies.com/smart-help/learn/parenting-stepparenting/what-do-we-do-now-when-stepsiblings-have-sex
- Get your copy of Building Love Together. https://shop.familylife.com/product/building-love-together-in-blended-families/
- Learn more about our Blended & Blessed Livestream Event. https://www.blendedandblessed.com/
- Get The Smart StepMom. https://shop.familylife.com/product/the-smart-stepmom-updated/
- Get Daily Encouragement for the Smart Stepfamily. https://shop.familylife.com/product/daily-encouragement-for-the-smart-stepfamily/
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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.
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Jim Ramos
In late 2010, after two decades of full-time local church ministry, Jim sensed his heart for ministry changing. Shortly after God called Jim to resign his church position and launch a para-church ministry for men. He began meeting with 15 men in a coffee shop for Bible study to test God’s call. The response was so widely successful that in 2012 Jim and his wife Shanna took a step of faith and founded Men in the Arena (www.meninthearena.org) with their mission to build an army of men who a...more
When blended family variables create tough dynamics to parent through, we might consider giving up on those relationships. In this episode, Ron Deal speaks with Jim Ramos about the importance of playing the long game in your stepfamily.
