How to keep your cool during your partner's custody battle
How can you support your partner through their high conflict custody battle without losing yourself in the process?
7 myths about parental alienation you shouldn't believe
So much advice about parental alienation is naive, worthless, or just plain wrong. Don't believe these common myths!
Spying, lying, & stepkids: how to deal when your stepkid acts like a double agent
How do you deal with a spying or lying stepkid when their actions cross the line from "kids will be kids" into toxic behavior?
Stepparenting a stepkid with childhood trauma
How should you approach stepparenting when your stepkid comes from childhood abuse or trauma?
Protecting our bio kids from stepfamily drama
For stepparents who bring their own kids (or ours babies) into a blended family, what’s the best way to protect them from high conflict and other drama?
7 tips to help blended families ditch high conflict at the holidays
Are your blended family Christmas traditions at risk of being ruined by a high conflict ex and crazy custody schedules? These tips can bring some peace of mind at the holidays.
Make 2 cakes anyway
What do I do when my stepdaughter hates me, even after YEARS together? I keep trying, stepparents. Because this stepmom gig is the long con, and I am determined to rise above.
Concrete signs of hope after parental alienation
After years of parental alienation, today my stepdaughter is cheerful and chatty, the total opposite of the sullen, monosyllabic presence I’d come to associate with her visitation time.