A High-Achieving Stepmom’s Advice To Avoid Burnout
Why “Do Less, Better” has become this high-achieving stepmom’s newest and most favourite personal mantra. One problem with us high-achieving Stepmoms is that – for us – “doing less” feels about as uncomfortable as that time your mom had one-too-many white wine spritzers and told you just, exactly how (& when & where) you were […]
The Ugly Truth About Your Stepkids’ Mom
(it’s probably most definitely not what you think…) A few days ago, I was at the dentist getting my teeth cleaned. The dental hygienist was knuckle-deep in a coffee stain when she casually started venting to me about her son’s stepmom. (Spoiler alert: she did not know that I am, in fact, the Stepqueen. She […]
6 BOMB Skills Stepmothers Have that Give them the GRIT for Entrepreneurship
Grab your laptop, baby, we’re heading to the Caribbean. I know what you’re thinking — FINALLY, this Stepfamily can make me some bleepin’ money! (Credit to H for her witty sass.) If you’re a Stepmom who’s already done the legwork, and you don’t live in that cesspool of drama and negativity of early Stepfamily Life, […]
What Does Blood Have To Do With Stepfamilies?
Hey girl, hey! As a Stepfamily Counselor and a Stepmom myself, I see the same kinds of struggles come up time and time again within Stepfamilies. Heck, I’ve been through most of them myself (and lived to tell the tale muahaha). Stepmoms will come to me, completely deflated, wanting to know why it’s so stinkin’ […]