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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Fairytales expect moms and stepmoms to be at odds. But it’s a wish come true for kids when they aren’t. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check […] View Show Notes →
What happens when a dad and stepdad team up? Kids win—that’s what happens. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. Listen to […] View Show Notes →
Do you remember that old adage about why you have two ears and only one mouth? Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family […] View Show Notes →
Well, here it is parents. The single best discipline strategy known to mankind. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. Listen to […] View Show Notes →
I’ll never forget it. The first time I came home from work and my wife said, “Tag, you’re it.” Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out […] View Show Notes →
One sure sign of a mature person: grace under fire. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. Listen to the full-length FamilyLife […] View Show Notes →
Does your marriage know what it means to share the Lord? Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. Listen to the full-length […] View Show Notes →
Hey Ron, why do a lot of your books have the word Smart in the title? Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family […] View Show Notes →
Want to speed up bonding in your stepfamily? Stop orchestrating togetherness and just let them simmer. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family […] View Show Notes →
Ron, I just don’t think I was cut out to be part of a stepfamily. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. […] View Show Notes →
Sometimes “grasping for straws” is really grasping for control. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. Listen to the full-length FamilyLife Blended […] View Show Notes →
Have you ever been on the outside looking in? Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. Listen to the full-length FamilyLife Blended […] View Show Notes →
Parenting a troubled child always begins with managing ourselves first. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. Listen to the full-length FamilyLife […] View Show Notes →
When our kids are troubled, it troubles us. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. Listen to the full-length FamilyLife Blended podcast. […] View Show Notes →
Exasperate is not a word we use much today. It means to provoke to anger. Hmmm. Who do you exasperate? Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check […] View Show Notes →
Let’s talk about how to live. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. Listen to the full-length FamilyLife Blended podcast. Contact us, […] View Show Notes →
Childhood trauma: how does it affect us? Jim Ramos shares how faith and community helped him overcome his tough upbringing and start "Men in the Arena." View Show Notes →
Do you really know how to live? Well the Bible tells us, more or less. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family resources. […] View Show Notes →
Does God’s word have anything practical to say about how to live? Yeah, more or less. Show Notes and Resources Find out more at familylife.com/blended Check out our blended family […] View Show Notes →
Okay, imagine your parents are madly in love. And then one day you see one of your parents kissing someone else. What do you feel? Show Notes and Resources Find […] View Show Notes →