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Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs

WT 293: Preparing to Blend with author Ron Deal

Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs

Karen Stubbs

Christianity, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christian Parent, Faith

4.9936 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Blended family expert Ron Deal joins Wire Talk today to answer questions from moms in our BOAW community and offer his unique perspective from decades of ministry with stepfamilies. Ron tackles everything from how to prepare your child's heart to accept a new relationship to disciplining stepchildren. This episode is packed with great advice, and no matter what kind of family you have, listening will leave you with a nugget of wisdom you can put into practice today. Mentioned on today's episode: Become a Birds donor and enable us to continue making episodes like this one! Find all of Ron’s resources at SmartStepFamilies.com Ron’s new book: Preparing to Blend Join our Patreon community this month!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey Moms, it's Katie coming on real quick just to talk about the fact that this episode is obviously pretty

0:06.3

Specifically intended for a smaller audience than typical

0:10.1

And I just wanted to take a second to thank every single one of the Birds on a Wire donors and our monthly Patreon supporters who enable us at Birds on Wire to make content that really

0:23.3

Mises out there.

0:25.3

So if there's a blended family in your world,

0:27.8

we would love for you to share this episode with them.

0:30.3

And even if you're not part of a blended family or maybe you don't know anyone really intimately who is,

0:35.0

this episode contains loads of wisdom that we think will help you understand and empathize with neighbors or coworkers who are walking through a remarriage and navigating the unique challenges that their family is facing.

0:46.3

So as always, thanks for listening and a special shout out again to our donors and our patrons

0:51.5

who really help us produce episodes like this

0:54.8

even though they may not reach a massive birds-on-wire audience so

0:58.4

thanks so much hope you enjoy the show.

1:14.6

Welcome to Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs, a podcast designed to encourage and to quit moms by answering your questions about motherhood, hopefully helping you maintain your faithfulness to God while experiencing a peaceful life on your journey. Here's your host, Sonny Williams.

1:20.0

Hey everyone and welcome to Wire Talk with Karen Stubbs.

1:22.8

I'm your host today and I'm here with the fantastical Karen herself.

1:26.6

How are you today, Karen?

1:27.6

I'm doing great, Sunny.

1:28.9

Thank you for that warm intro.

1:30.5

I love it.

1:31.4

Listen, it is, we're heading into Christmas.

1:34.0

I know.

1:35.0

I just got back from the beach.

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