In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Rebecca. Rebecca has been blending for 4 years, is childfree, and has two stepkids. Over the years, her role in the blend has changed. In this episode, we discuss: Knowing the stepkids aren’t going away Needing to change your role in the blend Not wanting ...

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*** DISCLAIMER: This episode contains discussions of miscarriages and has adult content. *** In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Jen. Stepmom Jen has been blending for 5 years and has one stepson who is 10-years-old. She is currently expecting an “ours” child. In this episode, we discuss: Dealing with a high-conflict ...

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*** DISCLAIMER: This episode contains discussions of miscarriages and has adult content. *** In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Jen. Stepmom Jen has been blending for 5 years and has one stepson who is 10-years-old. She is currently expecting an “ours” child. In this episode, we discuss: Dealing with a high-conflict ...

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*** DISCLAIMER: This episode contains discussions of drug abuse. *** In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Jodi. Stepmom Jodi has been blending for 21 years, but the last three to four years have been the hardest. She has a 31-year-old stepdaughter, a 15-year-old “ours” son, and an 11-year-old “ours” daughter. Luckily ...

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In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews a stepmom from California. This stepmom has been blending for 2-½ years and has two stepkids and one bio kid. She, like many stepmoms, felt alone in her stepmom journey because none of her friends could relate to being a stepmom. In this episode, we discuss: ...

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In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews Summer Butler with the Blended Book Co., author of BLENDED: Aligning the Hierarchy of Heart + Home. Summer and her husband have been blending for 11 years. She has two teenage stepsons and one “ours” son. The hardest part of blending for them was their marriage, ...

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In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews Summer Butler with the Blended Book Co., author of BLENDED: Aligning the Hierarchy of Heart + Home. Summer and her husband have been blending for 11 years. She has two teenage stepsons and one “ours” son. The hardest part of blending for them was their marriage, ...

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*** DISCLAIMER: This episode mentions suicide. *** In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Heather. Heather and her husband have been blending for 7 years.  She has two stepsons, one of which unfortunately took his own life last year. In this episode, we discuss: Age gaps in the blend Being from a ...

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*** DISCLAIMER: This episode mentions suicide. *** In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Heather. Heather and her husband have been blending for 7 years.  She has two stepsons, one of which unfortunately took his own life last year. In this episode, we discuss: Age gaps in the blend Being from a ...

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In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Laura. Laura has been blending for 2 years, has one bio daughter and one stepson. Her husband has his son full-time and Laura has her daughter forty percent of the time. In this episode, we discuss: Custody changes When you have your bio kid less ...

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In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews a childless stepmom who was a stepchild herself. She has been blending for two years and has two teenage stepkids. In this episode, we discuss: Bonding more with one stepkid than another Being “Mom” to the stepkid When bio mom is an elusive magical creature who ...

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In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews a stepmom in Pennsylvania. This stepmom has been blending for 4.5 years, has a teenage stepkid who moved in full-time last summer, and a bio daughter who is with her 85% of the time. In this episode, we discuss: Visitation changes Non-enforcement of household expectations ADHD ...

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