I’m not even kidding, I wanted to punch (not in the face) my husband in the middle of the night when he was peacefully snoring while I was doing the night shifts. We had a deal that I’ll do them but being exhausted made me incredibly angry. I’m talking to a sleep coach Maria Murphy about sleep deprivation and what can we do as parents to change our situation and sleep training.    Follow Maria https://www.instagram.com/babysleepthenight_maria/ https://www.facebook.com/babysleepthenightmariamurphy/ https://babysleepthenight.com/mariamurphy Follow me https://www.instagram.com/step.in.m ..read more

Mum Rage is COMMON NOT NORMAL!  In this week episode, I'm talking about what have I found about mum rage so far and how I manage it.   You're not alone mum! If you need any help or just talk to someone please let me know! Book FREE consultation:  https://www.veronikadurham.com/contact-me/ About me: https://www.veronikadurham.com/about-blended-family-coach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/step.in.mum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/step.in.mum ..read more

Sarah teamed up with The Stepmum collective and launched the petition - Stop denying women fertility treatment because their partner already has a child from a previous relationship! #MyFertilityMatters They would greatly appreciate it if you could please sign this petition, share it with friends and family, and post it across your social media. Every signature moves us one step closer to helping childless women whose partner already has a child from a previous relationship have their maternal voices heard.  https://www.change.org/p/the-department-for-health-and-social-care-stop-denying-w ..read more

I love having guests on my podcast! In this week episode, I'm talking to a stepmum Anne-Laurie Forbes about her journey and what inspired her to start her own podcast 'Plus HER - A Stepmom’s Journey'.  Anne-Laurie shares her biggest lessons, tips and we had to laugh so many times because no matter where you live or how old are you, we're going through exactly the same stuff as stepmums.  Follow Plus HER - A Stepmom’s Journey on IG: https://www.instagram.com/plusherjourney/ For the Podcast go to https://www.plusher.ca/ to find out more about me Book FREE consultation: https://www.vero ..read more

In my first interview with Kirsty ‘Mums in business’ we talked about being a mum and starting or already running your own business. Kirsty shared the story behind starting her own business Her happy life academy and much more. In this week episode, we focused on time management and making your business priority number one. Kirsty is a badass business coach and founder of Her Happy Life Academy! She helps mums make 4-Figure WEEKS their new normal as high performing women in business.   Find out more about Kirsty and Her happy life academy:  https://www.herhappylifeacademy.com/ IG:&nbs ..read more

Two BIG topics these days! Screen time and bedtime can cause a lot of stress in any family that's why I invented parenting coach Isobel Mary Champion to talk about how to create a healthy balance & relationship with 'screens' and how to make bedtime as peaceful and easy as possible. Stepmums, does co-sleeping with your stepchildren bothers you? Isobel shared a few very helpful tips with us.  If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, stressed or isolated as a parent of young children Isobel is the person to contact https://www.isobelmarychampion.com/  Follow Isobel on IG: https://w ..read more

I asked you on IG what are you scared of when it comes to your blended family and got some interesting answers I'm addressing in this week episode.   Also, I talk about three main things we are scared of as stepmums  - Making mistakes  - Upsetting or hurting someone  - Being a stand for yourself   Book FREE consultation: https://www.veronikadurham.com/contact-me/ About me: https://www.veronikadurham.com/about-blended-family-coach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/step.in.mum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/step.in.mum ..read more

With no so long before the baby boy hopefully safely arrives I would like to share with you my pregnancy journey as a stepmum.   I'm talking about my triggers, why I hate the bio mum label, how my stepdaughter reacted to the news and what how we deal with everything as a blended family.  Book FREE consultation: https://www.veronikadurham.com/contact-me/ About me: https://www.veronikadurham.com/about-blended-family-coach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/step.in.mum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/step.in.mum ..read more

KIRSTY IS BACK!!! Kirsty is a badass business coach and founder of Her Happy Life Academy! She helps mums make 4-Figure WEEKS their new normal as high performing women in business. After our first episode we did a few months back we decided to talk more about masculine and feminine energy - what these energies are about - how they show up in business and relationships  - when these energies are good or bad for us  - tips on how balance them and use them that they serve you well  I could talk to Kirsty for hours because she just make sense and always shares with you great ti ..read more

I've made so many mistakes as a new stepmum and I see other stepmums still making these mistakes and it's absolutely normal as being a stepmum is a learning roller coaster.  But we need to learn from our mistakes and even better learn from the mistakes others did so we can make our lives easier.   Here are TOP 5 MISTAKES - STEPMUM & THE EX RELATIONSHIP!  Book FREE consultation: https://www.veronikadurham.com/contact-me/ About me: https://www.veronikadurham.com/about-blended-family-coach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/step.in.mum/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.co ..read more