This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success

podcast.

Step parenting, blended families can be so challenging, but they don't have to be.

On today's episode of the show, we're talking about a different way of handling this complex situation

so you can find peace and satisfaction in your blended family or step parenting situation.

Your ears are not deceiving you. We are listening to an instrumental version of the song,

Let It Go, from the frozen soundtrack, if you are or

have ever been the parent of a small child. I'm sure you're intimately familiar with said

soundtrack. And, oh, and thank you to the artist, Resurrection for this iteration of the song. You can learn more about this artist on their

Bandcamp page, Resurrection1.Bancamp.com. I chose this particular song for a number of reasons.

First of all, it is a fantastic example of just one of the many things it is possible

to get into a very serious fight and power struggle about in a blended family. Are we the kind

of family that is going to allow the playing of children's musical soundtracks in the car?

So many things to fight about. But also, you know, the theme of today's show

is really about how to cultivate peace and enjoyment in a blended family or step parenting

experience through the act of letting a lot of things go cognitively, emotionally, and that's what we're going to be talking

about in depth on today's episode with my guests.

But hey, before we dive into that, I also just wanted to say hello and thank you to those

of you who have been reaching out recently with questions and comments.

We recently released a new way, new and

improved way of doing this on our podcast page on our website, growingself.com forward slash blog

hyphen podcast. There is now a nifty audio voice recorder. If you would like to record a question for me to play an answer on an upcoming

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