A Stepmom’s Journey from Heartache to Happiness with Nora McInerny
Mama Said with Jamie-Lynn Sigler & Jenna Parris
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4.6 • 751 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Writer and Author Nora McInerny is joining the Mamas to talk about the unique challenges in being a stepmom and what it’s like to parent older kids. The challenges of starting anew with another partner after losing one can seem like an impossible ask, but finding a silver lining of humor and humility in hardships, life would impossible. Plus, the fun of writing the Bad Moms novel!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, the following podcast is a Lady Gang network and Podcast One production, which means it's going to be awesome. |
| 0:07.8 | Thanks for listening and being a part of Mama Said, and thanks in advance for supporting these sponsors in this episode. |
| 0:14.0 | They help us have this much fun with you every week for free. So enjoy the show. |
| 0:18.3 | Well, a boy's best friend is his mother. |
| 0:22.1 | No one said being a parent would be easy, but now you don't have to go through it alone. |
| 0:27.8 | Actress and mother of two, Jamie Lynn Sigler, has teamed up with musician and stay-at-home mother-of-two, Jenna Paris, to create a safe place where you can confess your worst mommy sins and still feel |
| 0:39.9 | like you're killing the mommy game. |
| 0:42.3 | This is Mama Said with Jamie and Jenna. |
| 0:47.4 | Hey, all you guys listening to us, thank you so much. |
| 0:50.5 | We have such a wonderful podcast episode for you. |
| 0:53.7 | We have Nora McEnnerney. She is an author. |
| 0:56.7 | She is talking to us about dealing with grief and loss, being a stepmother. She lost her husband |
| 1:02.1 | to cancer. She lost her father. She miscarried a child. She has been through it all. And she is |
| 1:09.0 | here just to share some words of wisdom with us. |
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