Why Your Husband Won't Set Boundaries With His Ex
The KICK-ASS Stepmom Podcast
Jamie Scrimgeour
4.9 • 723 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Do Dads need to have the stepmom's back in disagreements with the stepkids?
The reasons why boundaries might feel different with stepkids vs bio kids
How aligned do you need to be with your partner about family rules and boundaries?
Why are men scared to set boundaries with their ex?
How love can feel different for stepkids and biokids… and why that's okay.
Darren joins Jamie for another honest talk about these topics and more in this episode of The KICK-ASS Stepmom Podcast.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You know that feeling you get when your husband casually says, oh, when the kids are staying |
| 0:03.6 | on next to night this week, and suddenly your whole mood changes? Or you get a text on the X, |
| 0:08.6 | and you can't focus on your work because you're replaying the wording trying to figure out |
| 0:11.9 | if it was passive aggressive or not. Or you're lying in bed exhausted, but mentally replaying |
| 0:16.4 | a conversation from earlier, wondering if you handled it wrong. That's the stuff no one talks about, |
| 0:21.9 | how step family stress slowly starts to take over your brain space, your energy, your peace, |
| 0:27.2 | your relationship, your entire day sometimes. And most stepmoms think they just need to calm down |
| 0:32.7 | or stop being so sensitive. But honestly, you do not need more guilt. You need a better process. And that's exactly |
| 0:39.4 | why I created the step memory brand. This is the exact framework I use with my private coaching |
| 0:44.5 | clients to help them stop reacting emotionally to every little thing and start responding in a way |
| 0:49.0 | that actually protects their peace and improves their relationships. So instead of spiraling for two days after something |
| 0:55.5 | happens, you know how to move through it. You feel more grounded, more secure, less emotionally |
| 1:01.0 | consumed by stepfamily dynamics, and you stop losing so much of your life to overthinking. |
| 1:06.7 | If you haven't checked out the stepmom rebrand yet, go to www.w stepmom rebrand.com. |
| 1:11.9 | This is the exact framework I use with my private coaching clients, now available to you anytime. |
| 1:17.6 | www.com. |
| 1:21.3 | Do you think in order to have a successful stepfamily dynamic, the father does need to have the stepmums back |
| 1:30.3 | with their stepkids. For sure, because if the kids see me disrespect you, then it almost opens up |
| 1:36.0 | the window that that's okay, dad does it. Why do you think that some men are scared to set boundaries |
| 1:42.3 | with their ex? The situation is very fluid. |
| 1:46.0 | It's moving all the time. |
| 1:47.9 | And you're dealing with somebody that you sometimes don't have a great relationship. |
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