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Chapter 1: What To Do About Conflict
A Three-page Free Preview from our E-Book:
Conquering Conflict: Techniques and Strategies For Resolving Blended Family Conflict
By Emily Bouchard, MSSW, blended and bio family coach, 20/20P Founding Contributor
“We keep fighting about the same thing over and over and I’m ready to give up.”
“We keep hitting the same wall about the kids and she’s threatening to leave if I don’t change.”
“If I don’t do what he wants, I’m afraid we’ll get divorced.”
“I’m starting to get resentful that he doesn’t listen or understand my feelings.”
“I feel like cardboard in this family. They all have their emotions, but as a stepmom I’m not allowed to have mine.”
“When he gets upset with me, I get so scared he’s going to leave.”
“It’s like I’m constantly waiting for her to ‘figure it out’ and leave, just like my wife did.”
Any of these statements sound familiar? If you’re like most couples in blended families, some variation of these statements holds true for you. For the solution to these problems, read on . . .
Hi, I’m Emily Bouchard, Blended Family Coach and Author of StepHeroesTM, a newsletter received by over 3,000 stepparents who are looking for answers to their persistent problems... What I’ve discovered is that, while your specific situation and details are unique to your family, the underlying fears, doubts, worries, and frustrations are the same in most blended families. I’ve been there myself as a stepmother to two teenage daughters whose mother left the family to be with her lover. The anger, hurt, fears, doubts, self-blame, and devastation in my new family were right below the surface, and often “bubbled” up with me as the target.
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