Stepfamily Stories We’ve Never Told. Meeting The Kids. Hiding From The Ex. What Happened When We Got Engaged.

The KICK-ASS Stepmom Podcast

Jamie Scrimgeour

Kids & Family, Education, Parenting, Self-improvement

4.9 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Darren and I share some hilarious (and embarrassing) stories from the last 12 years. Like the time I hid behind a fence from the ex, meeting the kids, dressing the same as the ex, the proposal story, and more about those early stepmom days. We also share more BTS from the "no kids in the bedroom" rule that made the internet go wild. Subscribe to my Substack ⁠https://substack.com/@jamiescrimgeour Get The Disengaging Without Disconnecting Masterclass www.jamiescrimgeour.com/disengaging Work With Me.www.jamiescrimgeour.com/coaching Get My Ebook - 120 Ways To Be A KICK-ASS Stepmom www.jamiescrimgeour.com/ebook Episode Sponsors: Val Fleury Skin | My favourite LED light therapy mask. Go to ⁠www.valfleuryskin.com⁠ JAMIE20 for 20% off your purchase LMNT | My Go To Electrolyte Drink. Head to www.drinklmnt.com/kickassstepmom to get a free sample pack with any drink mix purchase. OSEA | Clean skincare that actually works. Shop OSEA:https://bit.ly/47jvKIj OSEA Ocean Body Glow Set: https://bit.ly/4h16E59 Use code KICKASSSTEPMOM10 for 10% off your first order

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0:00.0	Okay, I need to tell you guys something I've been working on on the side.
0:03.5	When I started my blog 11 years ago, it was literally just me at my kitchen table writing
0:08.8	whatever was on my mind. No business, no strategy, just raw thoughts from a 27-year-old stepmom
0:15.0	trying to figure life out. And then it grew into this entire world. Coaching, digital products, podcasts, successful business, all of it.
0:24.3	And I'm so proud of this.
0:26.2	But over time, my writing has shifted from an online journal to a how to step mom manual.
0:31.6	Everything is optimized.
0:33.1	Everything has a purpose.
0:34.9	And now that I've turned 40, I've been craving this space where I can be
0:39.4	unfiltered again, a place to talk about what's really happening behind the scenes, how we're
0:44.3	navigating the holidays with adult stepkids, what still bothers me in stepmom life, even after a
0:49.1	decade of doing this work, how I'm healing my relationship with my mom, how I'm finding myself
0:54.1	again, the messy
0:55.2	middle of entrepreneurship, navigating health in my 40s, the friendship shifts that no one prepares
1:01.1	you for, stuff I don't really feel like sharing on Instagram or anywhere in public.
1:06.9	I want a space where the trolls don't lurk, where women who creep and screenshot will have to
1:12.2	subscribe if they want to watch. A space that feels safe, real and human. And that space is my substack.
1:20.1	I'm already sharing things there that I have never said out loud before, the real conversations,
1:24.6	the things I'm unpacking real time, and the stuff I won't post on Instagram.
1:29.5	If you want deeper connection or you just want behind the scenes,
1:32.3	if you want the real version of this new chapter, come join me.
1:35.8	Subscribe to my substack.
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