Did you ever think that you would be divorced?

Everyone else is living in the world, and I felt like I was looking around and everything was just like burning around me.

My marriage ended.

It just like wiped away everything.

After I got out of the initial, like, shell shock, I was like, wait, this is an opportunity.

And I ran with it.

When you realize it is not going to work for me to parent my children the same as I'm parenting, my stepchild, how did you navigate that?

I thought I knew the answers and I didn't.

And it just became really hard.

Oh, oh, oh, Jamie Srimjure. 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.

Joanna. my own. This is the kick-ass stepmom podcast. Joanna, welcome to the kick-ass step-mom podcast.

Thanks for having me back. Well, yeah, there has so much has been changed in your life since the first time you were on. Let's start by kind of giving an update on your life from where

you are now, from where you were when we last talked. So, hi for anyone who has not listened to a podcast

with me. I'm Joanna. And I have been in the social media world for almost 14 years now, an OG blogger, parenting blogger.

And I have four biological kids and one step kiddo.

But to rewind, I had two kids and then ran my own business and nesting story, which is interior design business, and then

boom, surprise twins. In that moment when I was pregnant, and I was getting emails from moms,

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