Hey, it's Jamie Scrimgear. When I became a stepmom, I quickly realize that while

moms are encouraged to keep it real, there's a big double standard when it comes to stepmoms.

So, I decided to start the conversation myself. Thriving as a stepmom doesn't just come from conversations about being a stepmom now.

Here we dive into marriage, relationships, personal growth, and more.

My mission?

Inspire you to live a kick-ass life while bringing you along as I create my own.

This is the kick-ass step-mom podcast.

Hello, hello, welcome back to the kick-ass step-mom podcast. All right, guys, today I'm sharing an interview that I recorded actually a year ago. So right before I pressed

pause on the podcast, I didn't interview with Terry Cole. And if you are in the personal growth space

or have been listening to this podcast for a while, you know, I'm a huge fan of Terry Cole. So she is a

licensed psychotherapist, a global expert in relationships and boundaries and empowerment. She's a

best-selling author. You might remember her from her past

episode on the show where we unpacked boundaries for stepmoms. By the way, it quickly became

one of the most listened to conversations we've had on the show. And so, obviously, I had to

share this episode. I just couldn't keep it hanging out in the Google Drive. So this conversation,

we went deeper. Obviously, we still talked about boundaries because that is Terry Cole's thing.

We also dove into high functioning codependency and how it shows up for stepmoms. So if you were

like high functioning codependency, what is that? This is not for me. I don't even think this applies.

Just do you wait? So according to Terry, high functioning codependency is being excessively invested in the

feelings, outcomes, and circumstances of others. Wait for it. To the detriment of one's own

internal peace and well-being. Hello, stepmoms. This often appears as

being capable and organized people-pleaser, but it is driven by disordered boundaries and a

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