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See what else is inside the September 2022 issue… THE SEPTEMBER 2022 ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES: Walking a Fine Line How to Be a Stepmom and Still Be YOU BY MARY T. KELLY, MA The StepMom Whisperer Answers to Your Most Pressing Stepfamily Questions BY SUSAN HAWORTH, MED, MS Meet the Moms of Tampa How Did This Mom/Stepmom Duo Make It Work?! BY KRISTA GIOVARA Disengaging? Detaching? What’s the Difference and What Should You Do? BY LAURA L. MACK What Kind of Stepmother Are You? There’s No Single or ‘Right’ Answer BY WEDNESDAY MARTIN, PHD DEPARTMENTS: STEPMOM S.O.S ..read more

See what else is inside the August 2022 issue… THE AUGUST 2022 ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES:  When The Kids Leave the Nest 8 Exciting Truths About This Phase of Stepfamily Life BY HEATHER HETCHLER, MA Stepmoms & Straight As ‘Top 10’ Ways to Survive Back-to-School Days BY KRISTA GIOVARA The StepMom Whisperer Answers to Your Most Pressing Stepfamily Questions BY SUSAN HAWORTH, MED, MS Going to Your Stepkids’ Events Don’t Feel Guilty: Just Show Up When You Can BY HEIDI FARRELL, MM The Codependent Stepmom Giving to Others—at Your Own Expense? BY MARY T. KELLY ..read more

See what else is inside the July 2022 issue… THE JULY 2022 ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES:The Truth About Stepfamily ‘Vacations’ (And 6 Ways to Enjoy Them) BY MARY T. KELLY, MA The StepMom Whisperer Answers to Your Most Pressing Stepfamily Questions BY SUSAN HAWORTH, MED, MS Divorce-Proof Your Marriage ‘Top 6 Tips’ for Stepcouple Success BY MONICA CHANEY Shake the Stepmom Stereotype 4 Ways to Spark an Independent Mindset BY LAURA L. MACK Summer With Your Stepkids? 8 Steps to Reclaim Your Schedule—and Your Sanity! BY HEIDI FARRELL, MM DEPARTMENTS: STEPFAMILY LIFE Your ..read more

See what else is inside the June 2022 issue… THE JUNE 2022 ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES: His True Point of View What Step-/Dads Want Us to Know BY KRISTA GIOVARA The StepMom Whisperer Answers to Your Most Pressing Stepfamily Questions BY SUSAN HAWORTH, MED, MS Understanding Your Partner 4 Ways to Get What It’s Like to Be Him BY MARY T. KELLY, MA No More Drama, Stepmama! How Boundaries Keep Us Happy & Healthy BY MICHELLE HARTER, LPC Is Your Partner’s Ex High-Conflict? 6 Ways Couples Can Cope: Advice from Jayna Haney BY CLAUDETTE CHENEVERT DEPARTMENTS: STEPFAMILY L ..read more

See what else is inside the May 2022 issue… THE MAY 2022 ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES: Self-Love Tips for Stepmoms Give Yourself These 5 Gifts on Mother’s Day BY KRISTA GIOVARA Feeling Resentful, Stepmom? 8 Antidotes to Free Yourself From Toxic Feelings BY MARY T. KELLY, MA The StepMom Whisperer Answers to Your Most Pressing Stepfamily Questions BY SUSAN HAWORTH, MED, MS Loyalty Binds & Your Stepchild 9 Ways to Better Support Your Stepfamily BY AMELIA LANE Bad Influence Is Your Stepchild’s Behavior Rubbing Off on the Others? BY HEIDI FARRELL, MM It’s a Couples (no ..read more

See what else is inside the April 2022 issue… THE APRIL 2021 ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES: Parental Alienation & Your Stepkids 5 Ways to Reduce the Impact in Your Household BY KAREN BONNELL, MS, ARNP The StepMom Whisperer Answers to Your Most Pressing Stepfamily Questions BY SUSAN HAWORTH, MED, MS The ‘Ted Lasso’ Guide for Stepmoms 7 Truisms for All Good Humans BY MARY T. KELLY, MA When You’re Expecting, but … Your Stepkids Aren’t Happy About It BY HEIDI FARRELL, MM Stepmoms, High-Conflict Exes & More! Meet Couple’s & Family Therapist Mary Anne Gunter BY CL ..read more

See what else is inside the March 2022 issue… THE MARCH 2022 ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES:Stepmoms & Vulnerability How Opening Up Improves Our Relationships BY MARY T. KELLY, MA The StepMom Whisperer Answers to Your Most Pressing Stepfamily Questions BY SUSAN HAWORTH, MED, MS The Stepmom Referee What to Do When Your Kids & Stepkids Fight BY HEIDI FARRELL, MM What Stepmoms Wish They Knew How Stepfamily Dynamics Mess With Our Certainty BY JENNIFER KORB, LCSW The Power of Children’s Stories Meet Psychologist & Author Rachel Brace BY CLAUDETTE CHENEVERT DEPARTME ..read more