Stepfamilies
Are Step-Parents Real Parents?
In doing some recent research about the relationships step-parents share with their...
Facing Your Parents’ Late-life Divorce by Janice Green
Having your parents divorce is mind-bending, especially for an adult child. Your...
Dad’s: Stop Wallowing in Guilt!
Parenting from guilt can be considered one of the seven deadly sins of the blended...
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Marriage and Divorce: A Powerful Lesson
Below is a thought provoking, powerful story about marriage and divorce, written...
Letting Go of Unhealthy Relationships
In any relationship, whether it be romantically involved (i.e., spousal or significant...
When Counseling Doesn’t Work
Almost every time a couple comes to us for stepfamily counseling one or both parties...
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Ways To Be A Happier Mom
Whether you are a mom, a stepmom with or without your own children, being happy...
Easily Transition Your Summer Wear to Fall
It’s almost September and time to start switching your closets from summer...
Secret Retreat Tucked Away in the City
I’ll spill the beans if you promise not to tell anyone…my back patio...
Read More Posts From This CategoryParenting
Today’s Modern Family’s Top 10 Mom Must-Haves
Star of Bethenny Getting Married, Bethenny (Frankel) Hoppy and actress, Jessica Alba...
Baby Names Inspired by Hit Movie Twilight
Bella and Edward Okay, I shamefully admit that I am a huge fan of the Twilight movies. ...
Teaching Kids to Deal With Disappointment
I subscribe to the Daily Babble newsletter and this week the very first article immediately...
Read More Posts From This CategoryDaily Dose
Laurence Fishburne’s Daughter is a Porn Star?
Actor Laurence Fishburne’s 18 year old daughter, Montana Fishburne, will release her first X-rated DVD later this month. Montana is a daughter from his previous marriage. He and his former wife, former actress and now personal trainer, Hajna Moss-Fishburne, divorced when Montana was two year’s old. However, Montana assures us that it wasn’t... Read More
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz are Official
Its wedding season and Alicia Keys proved that you can be pregnant and still look stylish and beautiful in your wedding dress. This past Saturday Keys, who is in her last trimester, said “I do” to music producer, Swizz Beatz. So often women shy away from walking down the aisle when they’re pregnant because of how they think they’re... Read More
Halle Berry and Ex Co-Parent in Africa
National Photo Group Halle Berry and her estranged boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry, flew to South Africa on Sunday where Berry will spend the next several months taping the film Dark Tide. Berry and Aubry split after 5 years but not before conceiving their beautiful 2 year old daughter, Nahla. Although the two broke up and have not yet worked out permanent... Read More
Work-at-Home Moms
Whether you are a mom in a modern or biological/nuclear family, whether you are a stay-at-home mom or a work-at-home mom, you have a tough balancing act to perform. Balancing work life and family life separately is a daunting task, but for work-at-home moms (and I personally know a few great women who make working at home a part of their daily... Read More
Our Favorite Hollywood Blended Family - The Smiths
The Smith Family The Smith family, which includes actor Will Smith, his beautiful wife, actress, Jada Pinkett-Smith and their 3 children, Trey (from Will’s prior marriage), Jaiden and Willow, are one of my favorite Hollywood blended families. The entire family, including Will’s ex-wife, Sheree and her husband, former NFL player, Terrell... Read More
Sandra Bullock Adopts Baby Boy!
People cover of Bullock and baby Just 10 days after the Oscar’s in March, Sandra Bullock and her husband, Jesse James, split following reports that he had cheated. Four years prior, Bullock and James had begun an adoption process. However, Sandra finalized the adoption of her brand new baby boy, Louis Bardo, Bullock, as a single parent. Bullock... Read More
Dwayne Wade’s Estranged Wife is Suing His New Girlfriend
Dwayne Wade I really thought I had experienced and heard it all before as a stepmother, but this just takes the cake. Associated Press recently reported that the Miami Heat basketball star, Dwayne Wade’s estranged wife is allegedly suing Dwayne Wade’s new girlfriend, actress, Gabrielle Union! Why? Because she alleged that her ex-husband’s... Read More
Super Sexy Single Mom - Catt Sadler
You know her as E Network’s entertainment reporter on the hit show Daily 10. I know her from my pageant days as a fellow Indy 500 Princess way back in 1995. Who is she? She is the super sexy, confident, newly single mom Catt Sadler. This recently divorced mother of two adorable boys is another example of one who is redefining herself post divorce... Read More
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Our certified stepfamily coaches/counselors focus ONLY on all issues of divorce, remarriage and the step/blended family. Whether you just got a divorce and are in need of a co-parenting plan, are about to get remarried and are in need of an entry play or are currently immersed in your blended family and are in need of a recovery plan, we can help. For a consultation, please send an email to counseling@blendedfamilysoapopera.com.
On Saturday, September 25, from 10 AM to 1 PM, Wednedsay Martin, author of Stepmonster and Rachelle Katz, author of The Happy Stepmother, will be giving a workshop for stepmothers. The event will be held in NYC, at the Parkside Lounge of the Westside YMCA and costs $75 in advance and $95 at the door.
If you are a modern mom in the NYC, mental health professional, family law attorney, girlfriend of a man with kids or a divorced dad who wants to improve his relationship with his girlfriend or wife, I highly suggest you attend. For more information, please email rachelle.katz@gmail.com.