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5 Ways Step/Blended Families Can Reflect on the Year and Level Up in 2020

5 Ways Step/Blended Families Can Reflect on the Year and Level Up in 2020

by Shelly Ware | Mar 28, 2022 | Maternal Health Issues

If you’ve found yourself as part of a blended family, then you know that it can be incredibly rewarding. You found a new partner in life, but you also get to share that life with their kids and vice versa. Blended families can be a huge blessing. Unfortunately, it can...

Stepfamilies, How to Navigate Holiday Stress Successfully

by Shelly Ware | Mar 28, 2022 | Maternal Health Issues

The holidays are easily the best time of the year. Children and adults alike look forward to spending time with loved ones, giving gifts, and enjoying the festivities. However, the holidays can also be a source of stress for stepfamilies. Where will the kids spend...

Stepmoms: Why You Don’t Need to Be BFF’s with Your Partner’s Ex

by Shelly Ware | Mar 28, 2022 | Maternal Health Issues

When you begin a relationship with someone new, you may feel pressure to be friendly with their ex. This pressure only intensifies if your new partner has children with someone. It’s one thing for exes to be civil with one another, but when there are children...
Stepmoms: 5 Reasons You Might Feel Depressed

Stepmoms: 5 Reasons You Might Feel Depressed

by Shelly Ware | Mar 28, 2022 | Maternal Health Issues

The transition to becoming a stepmom can feel incredibly daunting. Not only are you trying to make a romantic relationship work, but you’re also trying to make a relationship work with your partner’s children. There is no guarantee that you will hit it off, and it...
Stepmoms: 5 ways to prioritize your relationship as a step couple

Stepmoms: 5 ways to prioritize your relationship as a step couple

by Shelly Ware | Mar 28, 2022 | Maternal Health Issues

When things aren’t going well in our closest most intimate relationships, it becomes a constant worry on our minds. We feel that everything is turned upside down. Our relationship with our partners should be at the top of the chain and one of the most critical items...
Stepmom: Here are 5 reasons you’re riding the struggle bus and how to improve the struggle.

Stepmom: Here are 5 reasons you’re riding the struggle bus and how to improve the struggle.

by Shelly Ware | Mar 28, 2022 | Maternal Health Issues

Many people have outdated myths about stepfamilies and stepmoms. Many people have the mistaken belief that if you decide to enter into a relationship with someone who has children; that you are also agreeing to take on the role of your stepkid’s biological mom. Many...
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Happy Women's History Month. As women we are often Happy Women's History Month. As women we are often misunderstood. But other women usually understand right away "What the problem is." So it's important to take time out to celebrate womanhood and sisterhood as well as the women who paved paths for all of us. Here are some of my favorite famous women. Enjoy!

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Acco October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. According to The National Domestic Violence Hotline On average, more than 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the US will experience intimate partner violence.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If anxiety were a book. This would be the title. A If anxiety were a book. This would be the title. All of our issues can have positives but we don’t want it to rule our lives. Take care of yourself and your mind. Therapy can help the anxious mind use it’s strengths when necessary and when to calm itself. Happy Friday everyone.
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Check out your girl. I have a new article in Stepm Check out your girl. I have a new article in Stepmom magazine. Sometimes Stepparenting can be stressful and it can show up in different areas of your life. As a therapist who specializes in Women's wellness and interpersonal stress, this article discusses some of the tools I use to help women, moms, stepmoms and everyone takes charge of the stress they experience in their lives that impact their minds and bodies. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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