The #1 Rule for Thriving in a Blended Family w/ Heather Rae El Moussa

Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

Maria Menounos, Heal Squad

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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If you're in a blended family (or love someone who is) this Heal in 10 is for you! In this moment from our 2-part sit-down with Heather Rae El Moussa (you probably know her from Selling Sunset or The Flipping El Moussas), we dive into the real talk around step-parenting, co-parenting, and everything in between. Heather opens up about the mindset shift that changed everything for her, and shares the #1 rule she lives by when it comes to blended families… We talk about what it takes to build trust, let go of ego, and show up with love… even when it’s hard. Tune in, Squad! -- HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website:https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com My Curated Macy’s Page: Shop My Macy’s Storefront EMR-Tek Red Light: https://emr-tek.com/discount/Maria30 for 30% off Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/ GUEST RESOURCES: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theheatherraeelmoussa/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heatherraeelmoussa Heather Rae Beauty: https://www.instagram.com/heatherraeessentials/?hl=en Website: https://heatherraeessentials.com/ ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER: This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

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0:53.2	Do you have any advice for families who are wanting to blend, but they're in that
1:00.0	challenging moment, and there are kids involved, which, you know, makes it harder?
1:04.6	I think, like, they need to remember the end game, and the end game is raising good children and humans.
1:14.5	And it's challenging to have a broken home, and it's challenging to have.
1:20.0	It's challenging for the kids.
1:21.6	They're going from two separate houses, and I think that adults need to take themselves out of, you know, the little nitpicky things or, you know, what's bothering them and know that the kids are the ones that are actually really suffering.
1:36.5	And kids are innocent.
1:38.8	I think we need to preserve their innocence.
1:40.8	And I don't think adults do that enough.
1:43.7	And that's what really upsets me the most because
1:47.2	kids should be innocent and I think when you come from family that you know I came from my alcoholic
1:53.5	family and Tart came from his traumas and so many of my friends came from really rough
2:00.7	upbringings and they didn't get to just be children and they're dealing with those traumas now later in life.
2:06.0	Why would we want to put our kids through that if we went through that?
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