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STEPMOM SUMMIT 2025 UNFILTERED: THE ANSWER TO MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS

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I hope you enjoyed the summit!  The attached file is 7 pages packed with suggestions for the myriad of situations […]

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Stepmother Lament: He Doesn’t Do Anything for Me!

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Once, I did a podcast called “I May Not be First on the List, But Can I Get on the

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A Stepmother Wall! And The Family Will Pay For It!

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If you have ever been told that you do too much for others, this blog is for you.  Do you

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4 Tips to Avoid the Summer Divorce Schedule Blues

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Oh, boy!  The school year is ending and for many of us it means that the children’s schedules are changing. 

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My Resentment is All-Consuming

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When you feel resentful, do you feel disappointed in yourself?  Feel as if you are a bad or selfish person? 

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I Hate Feeling So Resentful!

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Don’t you hate feeling resentment?  Resentment is that feeling of doing things that you just don’t want to do, yet

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Stepmoms: Are We Too Harsh on the Ex?

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Haven’t we all said it or thought it.  Here is the rant. That ex is insane! I mean it. Really

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Stepmother Lament: I Will Always Be An Outsider

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“This family makes me feel like an outsider. I do all this work and I am still an outsider. When

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Where Do I Draw the Line? I Am the Stepmother, After All!

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One of the most annoying things about being a stepmother is that it brings hard subjects up. Often the thing

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Stepfamilies Are a Fertile Ground for Passive Aggressiveness

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Passive aggressiveness runs rampant in our stepfamilies.  I hypothesize that there is a minimum of one family member who exhibits

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