081: Hey Stepmom, You Don't Know What You Don't Know
The KICK-ASS Stepmom Podcast
Jamie Scrimgeour
4.9 • 723 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Brenda Ockun, Publisher of Stepmom Magazine, joins me to talk about all things stepmom life.
Not only has Brenda published thousands of articles about stepmom life as the publisher of Stepmom Magazine, her stepkids are now adults, so she's been through all the different phases of stepmom life.
In this episode we talk about life with adult stepkids, what Brenda wishes she knew, when she believes that stepmoms truly feel blended, the difference between child-free stepmoms and those with their own kids and more…
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Jamie. How are you? I'm good. How are you? |
| 0:03.1 | I'm living the dream, you know? |
| 0:07.7 | Welcome to the kick-ass step-mom podcast. I'm Jamie Srimjure. |
| 0:11.4 | Wife, mom, step-mom, life coach, conversation opener, and BS caller. |
| 0:16.5 | Seven years ago, I found myself sitting on the bathroom floor with a glass of wine, bawling my eyes out, wondering what the heck I was thinking, marrying a man with three kids in her next wife. |
| 0:25.7 | Don't get me wrong. I was madly in love. The kids were great. But as a 26-year-old with zero experience in the parenting department, I was in over my head. |
| 0:33.4 | When I went to the internet for support, I was disappointed with what I found. So, I decided to |
| 0:37.9 | create the type of support that I was looking for. Raw and real conversations about all things |
| 0:42.7 | motherhood, stepmotherhood, and living a kick-ass life. Life can be hard, really freaking hard. But each |
| 0:49.2 | week I'll bring you tips and strategies and mindset shifts to help you thrive amongst the tough |
| 0:53.4 | stuff in life. My goal is to inspire you to live you thrive amongst the tough stuff in life. |
| 0:57.6 | My goal is to inspire you to live your version of a kick-ass life. |
| 0:59.7 | We'll bring you along as I create my own. |
| 1:01.1 | Let's do this. |
| 1:04.8 | Hey guys, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 1:10.0 | You know what's saying or it's a quote, you don't know what you don't know? |
| 1:12.6 | It is so freaking true. And in this episode, I was reminded just how true it is. And I'm talking about stepmom life here, but it's true |
| 1:20.0 | in all areas of life. And it's something that I am constantly reminded about as I am learning |
| 1:24.8 | and evolving in all areas of life. Remember, you don't know what you |
| 1:29.7 | don't know. Your experiences shape your experience. And you may be like, oh, Jamie, what are you |
| 1:38.2 | talking about here? This is getting pretty deep, pretty quick. But as we get into this episode, you're going to figure out |
| 1:45.7 | what I'm talking about. This week, I'm chatting with Brenda Oaken, the publisher of Stepmom Magazine. |
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