Category Archives: Podcast

Summary Never mind the emotional toll, there are dollars to consider too! Therapy, counsellors, private schools, college, mediation or lawyers – it seems never ending. If alienation is a feature of your partner’s relationship with his or her kids, it’s worth being proactive! To learn more about Restorative Parenting, my comprehensive coaching program to getContinue reading “ESP 5.4 The hidden cost of Parental Alienation”

Summary Can you get off the hamster-wheel of drama? How can you fight for your kids without just buying into more drama? Reach out any time to me at my personal email:  info@essentialstepmom.com Sign up for the FREE Stepfamily Summit 2020 here: http://bit.ly/tracysummit Join me and my guest Naja Hall this Wednesday, Sept 9 atContinue reading “ESP 5.3 High Conflict: The Drama Behind Parental Alienation”

Summary Stepmoms are the first point of contact with people who help parents heal the relationship with their kids after divorce or due to parental alienation. Then, they have to step aside and let the biological parent roll up their sleeves and do the work. I’ll be speaking about how to restore your relationship andContinue reading “ESP 5.2 It’s the stepmoms who find the answers”

Summary Dorcy Pruter is the founder and CEO of the Conscious Coparenting Institute. She runs a 4 day intensive workshop called High Road to Reunification that boast a stunning 100% success rate! Learn more about her work at: Conscious Co-Parenting Institute Home Dorcy has prepared a free e-book called “Stepping In: The Step-parents’ Guide ForContinue reading “ESP 5.1 Dorcy Pruter on healing the damage from Parental Alienation”

Summary Blended Families United is Bobbi’s website and organization. Her work centres around helping couples who are planning or just starting their stepfamily journey. Her book Reconciled is available from Amazon. Yes, I offer personal coaching for stepmoms and focused support for families struggling with parental alienation, manipulation or brainwashing. Reach out for a chatContinue reading “ESP 4.6 Bobbi Brooks Wilcox on Reconciling and More”

Summary You can find Bobbi’s website at blendedfamiliesunited.com and her book “Reconciled” is available from Amazon. Try the Nacho Kids Academy at no risk for a month and support this podcast at the same time by using this link: NachoKidsAcademy.com/theessentialstepmom Grab my free download 3 Secrets of Successful Stepmoms from my website at essentialstepmom.com —Continue reading “ESP 4.5 Bobbi Brooks Wilcox wrote the book on getting it wrong and turning it around.”

Summary It’s actually pretty simple: you bond around the fact that they don’t want to connect with you! I’ll explain how it looked in my family and how it worked out for us. Spoiler alert: Happy Ending! Check out the Nacho Kids Academy with this link to support this podcast with a portion of yourContinue reading “ESP 4.4 How do you bond with a kid that wants nothing to do with you?”

Summary This is my new go-to comeback for anyone who wants to give me unsolicited advice about my stepfamily dynamics. They can try whatever they like on their own family! Visit my website at essentialstepmom.com Join my Facebook community by sending a join request to The Spectacular Stepmom — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/essentialstepmom/message

Summary Myth #2 is that Blended Families are forever families. Truth is, they unblend just the same as other stepfamilies do. What can we do to make our families stand the test of time, despite messed up custody schedules, high conflict personalities, loyalty issues and more? Listen up and we’ll get started. Visit me atContinue reading “4.2 Busting Blended Family Myth #2”

Summary I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that stepfamilies aren’t required to blend. They have a much more noble mission in my opinion, which is to “mend”. When you shift your focus, everything could change for your family. The book I mentioned is Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach. VisitContinue reading “4.1 The Myth of the Blended Family”