Showing titles in Step Parenting & Blended Families

What’s missing in your stepfamily? If you’re in a stepfamily, you may feel as if something is missing. You can’t put it into words yet, but you know it’s a problem. Maybe you’re new to this. Maybe not. Still, everything from badly-behaved exes to parenting rifts causes squabbling that disrupts the harmony in your home. The Stepmom’s Book of Boundaries helps you thrive despite rocky relationships, schedule snafus, and more.

Join one man on his journey living a life alongside the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. Inspired by his first book, Del Rio: A Memoir, the author takes the listener on a continuous path of the trials and tribulations associated with addiction while living in one of the most beautiful settings in our world: the Upper Snake River Valley in Idaho. Witness significant events of the last century which our ancestors experienced while settling the West as they attempted to tame the wild rivers that spring forth from the Rocky Mountains.

Featured in the New York Times, Sonia Rompoti’s new parenting series is already capturing readers on TikTok. If kids listened just because instructions made sense, parenting would be a hobby. Instead, you repeat yourself. Then again. Then you start questioning whether you’re speaking the same language as the people living in your house. This book follows Samantha, a mother raising a boy and a girl while navigating the daily chaos of modern parenting. There’s Malik, her husband, who agrees in theory but somehow misses the memo in practice. And Rosa, her mother, firmly convinced that ...

The Next Door Billionaires: Temptation, Secrets, and Scorching Desire Prepare for a steamy escape with four billionaire single dads who are impossible to resist. In this electrifying collection, forbidden love, secret desires, and unexpected twists collide, leaving nothing but heart-pounding passion in their wake. Enter a world where temptation is always just next door. Every book in this series is a complete stand-alone, where love triumphs with no cheating and a hard-won, satisfying happily ever after. Dr. Silver Fox Next Door He’s my father’s best friend and my grumpy billionaire ...

The Step-Dad Playbook is a motivational and practical guide for step-dads woven together with an analogy men will understand: sports. From bonding with your partner's kids to combining your finances (or not), you'll learn everything you need to know to establish yourself as a strong, dependable head of household.

"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1: 8). In The Apologies From a Repentant Christian series, we follow a personal and inspirational story of how an encounter with Christ changes a life forever. In her first audiobook, the author shares her moment of redemption, which involved surrendering her heart to God and receiving a new identity in Christ.

If you are searching for a book to help you through being a stepmother, you're in the right place. As a mother for two amazing stepchildren, I wrote this book to help stepmothers that may be in the same situation I was faced with when I first met my husband, who had two kids of his own. By the time you've finished listening to this guide, you'll have the tools you need to navigate life as a stepmom and face any difficulties with clarity and confidence. Always bear in mind that you are not alone, and that there's no such thing as the perfect parent or stepparent.

In Stepmomming Made Easy, Certified Stepparent Coach Kristen Skiles delivers an inspiring and practical walkthrough of how to find peace, happiness, and fulfillment in your blended family. You'll explore the six key steps to a lasting, fulfilling life as a stepmom: developing an attitude of self-worth, defining your stepmom role, discovering balanced self-fulfillment, building an unshakeable relationship with your partner, taking back control, and finding a community that truly gets it.

New York Times best-selling relationship expert Maggie Scarf shares in-depth stories of seven remarried couples - revealing the unique challenges they face as they strive to achieve lasting intimacy and familial harmony. Through cautionary tales and stories of hope, Scarf offers guidance for handling everything from children who reject the new family dynamic to the thorny issue of money. Loaded with practical wisdom and searing accounts, The Remarriage Blueprint is a definitive road map to a happy, thriving, integrated household.

Co-Parenting Made Easier—Heal, Protect Your Kids & Rebuild Your Life After Divorce Divorce is never easy, but when children are involved, the challenges of coparenting and emotional healing can feel overwhelming. Are you struggling to navigate life after the divorce, unsure how to create a peaceful co-parenting dynamic? Do you feel emotionally drained dealing with a narcissistic ex who refuses to cooperate? Are you searching for divorce books that offer practical strategies for protecting your children and rebuilding yourself? You are not alone—and you don’t have to figure it out on ...

Boys pose special challenges as they struggle to define themselves and find their place in the world. In this sensible and straightforward guide, Don and Jeanne Elium explain boy-specific basics as they relate precisely to both mother and father.

From one of the world's leading experts, this absorbing narrative history of the changing structure of modern families shows how children can flourish in any kind of loving home. The past few decades have seen extraordinary change in the idea of a family. The unit once understood to include two...

Written from lived experience, this audiobook explores what it’s really like to support a partner under constant pressure from court battles, manipulation, and false narratives—while still protecting your own peace, identity, and emotional health.

When it comes to marriages, too many people ask the wrong question. They ask, "Will we make it?" Relationship therapist Joe Martino wants people to ask, "Will we be glad we made it?" In this book, you'll learn... A clear definition for what communication is and how you can be better at it Why conflict is your best friend How to discuss anything in a way that builds the relationship Three core questions that you both are asking and how to answer them and more Each chapter is written in an easy-to-understand manner and comes with discussion questions to help further your understanding of the ...

Are you tired of repeating the same old patterns that leave you feeling alone and unheard? You're not the only one. Studies show that unresolved conflicts and lack of emotional intimacy are among the top reasons couples split up or live in misery. But what if you could change all that starting today? What if you had the tools to build a love that lasts—passionate, honest, and unbreakable? That's where Shadow Work Guide for Couples comes in. In this intimate guide, you'll embark on a transformative journey into the hidden depths of yourself and your partner.

My new start in a serene neighborhood, was disrupted by an intense hot older single dad next door. His chiseled, sculpted physique, a testament to his role as a heroic firefighter chief, holds me in awe. I sense an unspoken attraction in the fire in his eyes, igniting a tingling sensation on the nape of my neck whenever our eyes meet. Beneath this ash-streaked exterior lies a heart burdened with pain by the loss of his beloved wife. The challenges only grew when he surprised me with an offer to stay with him and his daughter after a devastating fire consumed my house. His penetrating gaze, ...

The Apologies From a Repentant Christian series is the continuing story of a Christian pilgrim’s walk personified. Part I tells of an unrepentant sinner who surrendered her heart to God, embraced His forgiveness for her sins and received her new identity in Christ. Part II tells of the next stage of this Christian’s walk: a new believer faces rejection, spiritual battles, and learns how to live in a corrupted temple of flesh.

With some expert guidance and God's help, you can have tremendous influence in your stepchild's life and grow in your faith along the way. Seasoned stepmom Laurie Polich Short understands and empathizes with the difficult job you face. Drawing on extensive research, biblical teaching, and her own real-life experience (including an insightful chapter cowritten with her stepson, Jordan), Laurie provides practical and spiritual advice to help you fully embrace and succeed in your role as stepparent.

Blending Families responds to the need for a book that explores stepparenting by starting with the marriage as the central relationship in a new blended family unit. Just as you are better able to help your child in an airplane emergency if you put your oxygen mask on first, you are better able to blend two families if you take care of the marriage first.

The Manager Mom Epidemic is the first book that not only acknowledges the fact that moms are burning out, but shows you how to transfer responsibility for daily tasks from yourself to your partner and also (gasp!) your kids. Clinical psychologist and child discipline expert Thomas W. Phelan, PhD, walks you through real-life situations and shows you how to step back from the things that are dragging you down.