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FamilyLife Blended® Podcast

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  • 200: Childhood-trauma Healing: When One Stepparent Changed Everything

    October 5, 2026 · 57 min

    Childhood-trauma healing doesn't erase the past—but it can change your future. Worship leader Kim Walker-Smith shares how growing up through divorce, multiple stepfathers, abuse, and loss shaped her life, and how one faithful stepdad…

  • 199: Helping Kids With Big Emotions: Why They're Not Just "Acting Out"

    September 21, 2026 · 52 min

    Helping kids with big emotions starts with understanding what's really driving them. Counselor Michelle Nietert joins Ron Deal to unpack why kids in blended families often struggle with grief, overwhelm, and divided loyalties—and how…

  • 198: Remarriage After the Death of a Spouse: Why It's Harder Than You Think

    September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Remarriage after the death of a spouse brings hope—but it can also uncover grief you didn't expect. Ministry leaders Rod and Rachel Faulkner Brown share the realities of building a blended family after widowhood, helping children navigate…

  • 197: What Kids Grieving Divorce Wish Parents Knew

    August 24, 2026 · 57 min

    Many kids grieving divorce never have words for what they're carrying. Blake Hudspeth grew up through four different stepfamilies and knows how family change can shape a child's view of love, trust, and belonging. On FamilyLife Blended…

  • 196: Growing Up Blended: Montell and Kristin Jordan

    August 21, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    Blended family life can feel like walking into someone else’s story: guarded kids, mixed loyalties, no clear playbook. Montell Jordan—the artist best known for his hit, "This Is How We Do It"—and his wife Kristen join Ron Deal to unpack…

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  • 195: Stepmom Advice: 10 Things I Would Do Over as a Stepmother

    July 27, 2026 · 57 min

    Blending a family isn’t a Hallmark montage. It’s a minefield of hurt feelings, mixed loyalties, and second-guessing...everything. Debbie Alsdorf shares hard-won “do-overs” from 36 years as a stepmom—what she got wrong, what she’d never…

  • 194: What “God Hates Divorce” Gets Right—and Very Wrong

    July 13, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    "God hates divorce": you’ve heard it, maybe felt crushed by it. Cheryl Shumake joins Ron Deal and Gayla Grace to pull apart what Malachi 2 really says—and what it doesn’t. If you’ve felt judged, stuck, or sidelined by church talk, this…

  • 193: Restoring Trust After Sexual Betrayal

    June 29, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

    You thought you were rebuilding after sexual betrayal—whether from this marriage or the previous—but something still feels off: Distance. Triggers. Questions you can’t shake. Authors Matthew and Joanna Raabsmith get brutally honest about…

  • 192: Jim Burns: When Adult Children Stray

    June 15, 2026 · 49 min

    You raised them right—so why does it feel like you’re losing them? Jim Burns steps into the ache parents don’t say out loud: regret, distance, and the fear you blew it. Drawing from When Your Adult Child Strays, he gets real about what to…

  • 191: Father’s Day Feels Weird: Blended Family Grief and Hope

    June 1, 2026 · 51 min

    Father’s Day feels weird, or even stings, when the chair at the table is empty—or when your stepkids pull back because they’re still hurting. Ron Deal talks with the widowed and remarried Brian and Debbie Doyle--about grief, holidays, and…

  • 190: The Mother's Day You Never Wanted: Hope for Hurting Moms and Stepmoms

    May 18, 2026 · 49 min

    Mother’s Day can sting when your story didn’t turn out like you planned. Maybe that looks like wayward kids. Courtrooms. Even prison sentences. And silence where relationship used to be. Ron Deal talks with author Carol Kent about loving a…

  • 189: Widowhood to Remarriage: Blending Families with Ongoing Grief - Daniel and Brittany Brooker

    May 4, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    Loss shattered you; remarriage after widowhood humbles you amid trauma, blending families, and recurring developmental grief. If comparison, unmet expectations, or past pain threaten your marriage and home, listen in. Daniel and Brittany…

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About the show

FamilyLife Blended® provides timeless wisdom and practical help and hope for blended families and those who love them. Join Ron L. Deal, LMFT, LPC as he and his guests discuss a wide variety of marriage, family, and relationship topics related to blended families.