Blended Family Discipline (Why “Bio Parent Only” Can Backfire) w/ Leading Expert Ron Deal, LMFT
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Show Notes
💛🥘 When you picture a blended family, do you picture a blender spinning a whole bunch of ingredients together for a couple minutes until they're well-combined? Plot twist: blended families are less like a blender and more like a crock pot. Each vegetable/meat cooks at different frequencies and it takes a whole lot longer than a blender until the meal is complete.
In this episode, we sit down with Ron Deal of FamilyLife Blended to talk aboutwhy blended families are built in a crockpot, not a blender, how fear from past relationships quietly sabotages trust, and what it really looks like to support your marriage while parenting kids with history, opinions, and loyalty binds.
Are you rushing closeness that can only come with time? Are you expecting roles that haven’t been earned yet? This conversation will reframe how you see progress, conflict, and hope in a blended family - and remind you that slow doesn’t mean broken, it means wise.
Resources:
Family Life Blended:
https://www.familylife.com/familylifeblended/blended-families/
Counseling w/ Adam & Karissa:
https://www.dearyoungmarriedcouple.com/counseling
The Mindful Marriage Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mindful-marriage-breaking-cycles-and/id1066959663?i=1000733826467
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