Fighting for Good in Blended Families with Mike and Sharon Hess

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

For the first time ever, Josh’s parents, Mike and Sharon Hess, join the show! We’re in a season called The People Who Shape Us, and we thought it fitting to have the most influential people in our lives share their own story of faith, and in this case, blended family.

Josh shares his perspective of growing up in a blended family, and Mike and Sharon address co-parenting, raising kids in a two income home on shift work, and overcoming shame. Looking for hope and healing in your story? May this one be your catalyst.

Time Stamps:
0:00 Introduction
4:30 Shift work and parenting on two incomes
8:08 How our family navigated blended family
20:19 Hard conversations with parents, teachability, and healing in blended families
35:00 From shame and isolation, to acceptance and community, after divorce
40:30 Showing respect for stepparents and stepchildren

Show Notes:

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0:00.0	And I would just encourage people to get involved. Do not feel like, because there was times,
0:07.0	you know, and I hear you, you know, you talk about, you know, blended families and stuff. And
0:11.5	sometimes I'm like, oh, you know, I went through this divorce and, you know, and you, you feel like the enemy saying, you're not good enough you're not good enough to do
0:24.2	this you you know this you know you've done this and you know it it it create you know and it
0:30.1	created you know and it took me a long time to realize, you know, that's the enemy speaking.
0:38.8	Yeah.
0:39.3	And I am good enough.
0:40.8	You know, now I hear God say, you are good enough.
0:45.5	And you're mine.
0:49.3	I won't lose hope in the night.
0:53.9	When the fire is growing down.
0:57.0	I'll just let go and I'll try, help me walk this road and find my way back home. Find my way back home. Welcome back home.
1:21.6	Welcome back to the famous and own podcast.
1:23.6	We're in a series called The People Who Shape Us.
1:25.5	And just a few weeks ago, we had Christy's parents on.
1:29.8	And now today, we have my parents here.
1:32.7	Amazing.
1:33.2	Welcome.
1:34.7	And the cool part is they actually drove 12 hours without stops from Pennsylvania to Tennessee to be with us. So thank you for doing that. You're welcome.
1:47.4	Thank you for having us. You're in person. It does like we want to do it in person. And I know
1:53.9	we're like pushing you guys big time to do this. And I just honor you and I thank you for being
1:58.8	willing because I know you know me I don't love the exposure
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