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PODCAST

The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver

Lori Sims & David Sims

Stepfamilies and blended families are very challenging. With a failure rate of over 70%, it"s clear that blended families need help. Nacho Kids founders and blended family coaches, Lori and David Sims, are here to help blended families save their sanity and relationships. You"ll hear the hosts and guests discuss the struggles and successes of blended family life and learn how the Nacho Kids Method is changing lives and saving relationships around the world.

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01:14:04

099: Stepmom Who Went Off On The Bio Parents

The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver ·

2021/04/23

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Karen. Karen has been blending for five years and has a seven-year-old stepson. She Nachos stepson’s bio mom and due to stepson’s behavior recently taking a turn for the worse, Karen has had to step back a good bit in her stepmother role and start Nachoing her stepson. In this episode, we discuss: Feeling like you gave your life up for the blend Learning your place in the blend Stepparent role is

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01:21:20

098: Inappropriate Touching Between Bio Kid And Stepkid

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2021/04/16

*** Disclaimer: This episode contains discussions of inappropriate sexual behavior between a bio kid and a stepkid. *** In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Jane. Jane has been blending for five years and has three stepkids and three bio kids. Jane admits to being a high-conflict bio mom in the past and feels it hurt her kids’ relationships with their dad and stepmom. Jane is currently struggling with the fallout of her bio son and

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01:15:58

097: Interview With Elise Buie ~ Family Law Attorney

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2021/04/09

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview Elise Buie ~ Family Law Attorney in Washington state. She is a mom to four and a stepmom to two. Elise says her kids are very different than her husband’s kids because her husband’s kids were raised by military parents and are very disciplined, and let’s just say her’s aren’t as disciplined. In this episode, we discuss: Family court system issues Differences between how bio kids and stepkids were raised

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01:15:58

096: Stepmom Whose Husband Won't Nacho Her Kids Part...

The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver ·

2021/04/02

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, continues her interview with the Yankee Stepmom. Blending for 4-½ years, having four stepkids and two bio kids - one of which is adopted, the Yankee Stepmom and Lori discuss Mini-Wife Syndrome! In this episode, we discuss: Mini-wife making you feel like the other woman Mini-wife parenting other kids Daddy’s girl vs mini-wife syndrome Does bio dad discourage or encourage the mini-wife behavior Touching between mini-wife and

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01:18:33

095: Stepmom Whose Husband Won't Nacho Her Bio Kids

The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver ·

2021/03/26

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews the Yankee Stepmom. The Yankee Stepmom has been blending for 4-½ years, has four stepkids and two bio kids - one of which is adopted. She learned to Nacho and wishes her husband would do the same. Unfortunately, her husband not nachoing her bio kids has caused a lot of stress in the home and she is thinking it may be best for her adopted son to go live with his bio dad for a year - 14 hours away. In this episode,

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094: Stepmom Whose Counselor Told Her To Back Off

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2021/03/19

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Holly. Holly and her significant other have been blending for eight years. Holly has a stepdaughter who is 13, a bio daughter who is 10, and two “ours” daughters ages 7 and 1. She and her stepdaughter started getting close which upset the bio mom. When stepdaughter was about 10, she and Holly started having issues, so Holly and her husband went to marriage counseling. The counselor told Holly she needed to

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01:28:09

093: Stepmom Required To Meet Bio Mom

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2021/03/12

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview stepmom Kaila. Kaila and her significant other have been blending for about a year. She has a stepson that is 7 years old and a stepdaughter that is 3 years old. Part of the custody agreement between Kaila’s significant other and the bio mom was that bio mom would meet Kaila before she met the kids and Kaila had to wait four months before meeting the kids. In this episode, we discuss: Not knowing anything

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01:25:39

092: Blended Couple Who Is Rockin' The Blend

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2021/03/05

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview blended couple Crystal & Mike. Crystal has no children of her own, and Mike has two kids - a son who is 15 years old and a daughter who is 13 years old. They have been blending for 3 years and have the kids fifty percent of the time. Crystal’s hardest part of blending was feeling like she didn’t belong in the pre-made family. In this episode, we discuss: Being a stepkid Living close to the bio mom Disney

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01:09:33

091: Stepmom Who Nachos Discipline With Her Bonus Kids

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2021/02/26

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Kayala. Kayala has been blending for three years and has two stepkids - one of which is neurodivergent, two bio kids, and an ours kid. Kayala grew up in a blended family where her dad was kind of pushed out of the picture. She has a good relationship with her stepkids now, but it wasn’t always that way. In this episode, we discuss: Being a stepkid Dealing with a high conflict bio mom Gentle parenting Not

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01:48:30

090: Interview With Mary Lynn Bradshaw ~ The Suburban...

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2021/02/18

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews Mary Lynn Bradshaw of The Suburban Urban Mom YouTube channel. When Lori ran across Mary Lynn talking about Nachoing on her channel she thought she was going to hear someone talk about how Nachoing is so bad or wrong information about Nachoing. Surprisingly, Mary Lynn “got it”. Lori was shocked! She had to reach out to Mary Lynn and ask her to be a guest! Mary Lynn has been blending for 7 years and is a full-time

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01:18:22

089: A Couple Who Fought To Be A Nuclear Family

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2021/02/12

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews Aimee & John who have been blending for almost eight years. Aimee has an 11-year-old son, John has a 9-year-old daughter, and they have a 1-½-year-old son together. From the beginning of their marriage and for years they tried to force a nuclear family out of the blend and felt rejected when it backfired. They found the Nacho Kids method and decided to give it a try! In this episode, we discuss: Trying to force

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01:32:42

088: Interview With Jonnie Jensen ~ Team Super Dad

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2021/02/05

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, continues their “Month Of Men” with an interview with Jonnie Jensen of Team Super Dad! Jonnie became a stepchild after his mom passed away when Jonnie was 9-years-old and his dad remarried. Jonnie’s stepmom didn’t come into the blend trying to shape or overly mother him and his brother, she just joined the ride. Of course, some thought it was wrong of her not to try to take over the motherly role since the bio mom had passed

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01:32:45

087: Interview With Matt Larson ~ The Human...

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2021/01/29

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, continues their “Month Of Men” with an interview with Matt Larson of The Human Improvement Project! Matt has a great desire to help children. He worked with the federal government to help get the Adam Walsh Child Protection Act bill passed and more recently helped create the “Happy Child” parenting app! Although Matt is not a stepparent, his advice can be applied to the blend, especially when the Nacho stepparent starts the

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01:18:07

086: Interview With Joel Hawbaker ~ 10CBF Blended...

The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver ·

2021/01/22

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, continue their “Month Of Men” with an interview with Joel Hawbaker of the 10 CBF Blended Families Podcast. Joel is the bio dad of two beautiful teenage girls who he adores. Joel isn’t a stepdad, but he is a stepkid and gives us a great view on being a stepkid of military parents. He lived with his mom full time and went to his dad’s every other weekend. Until Joel could drive, his dad still came by and took him and

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01:36:56

085: Ex-Stepdad Knows His Girlfriend Won't "Love The...

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2021/01/15

*** DISCLAIMER: This episode discusses potential child support arrearages and may be sensitive to some. *** In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews bio dad Jordan in Nacho Kids' "Month Of Men”! Jordan is from Ontario, Canada, and has been blending for three years. He has a daughter from a previous relationship and an “ours kid” with his girlfriend. In the interview, Lori gets a bit wound up with the subject of the family court system. As Jordan shares

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01:23:39

084: Widower Becomes A Stepdad

The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver ·

2021/01/08

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews a stepdad! Michael, who was adopted, became a widower and later became a stepdad. Michael and his wife have been blending for three years. He has three bio kids, one of which is still living at home, and one stepson that lives with them full-time. Like so many stepfamilies, things were ok before the marriage and the first year, then things went south. One of his kids just wanted things back the way they were before

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01:12:11

083: Interview With A Nacho Kid

The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver ·

2021/01/01

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori and David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview one of David’s triplets, Ethan. Ethan talks about how things were before and after Lori started Nachoing. They reminisce about the bad and good times. Lori is very proud of Ethan and the young man he has become, and no, she didn’t think he would turn out so awesome! Ethan shares some tips for stepkids and stepparents too. In this episode, we discuss: Stepkid's view before and after Nachoing The good, the

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01:13:22

082: Stepmom Who Says Her Stepkids Are "Her Kids"

The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver ·

2020/12/25

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Mallory. Mallory has been blending for 3-½ years. She has three stepkids that are with her and her husband fifty percent of the time. Currently, they have no “ours” kids but are hoping to change that soon! Their hardest part of blending is the high conflict bio mom. Mallory feels bio mom is intrusive during their visitation time. In this episode, we discuss: Being a childless stepmom and wanting kids of

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01:18:41

081: Stepmom Whose Husband Lives With His Mom When He...

The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver ·

2020/12/18

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori, co-founder of Nacho Kids, interviews stepmom Kelli. Kelli has been blending for 5-½ years and has two stepkids, two bio kids, and one ours kid. She and her husband have an interesting dynamic with their blend. The stepdaughter lives with bio dad’s stepmom and sees bio dad one night a week outside of the home. Recently stepson, who has visitation every other week with his bio dad, has been staying with bio dad at bio dad’s mother’s house during his

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01:13:00

080: Interview With Megan Bottom ~ Broken2Blessed

The Nacho Kids Podcast: Blended Family Lifesaver ·

2020/12/11

In this episode of the Nacho Kids Podcast, Lori & David, founders of Nacho Kids, interview Megan Bottom with Broken2Blessed. Megan has been blending for 10 years and has three bio kids and three stepkids. As Megan and her now-husband were moving her and Megan’s kids to Texas, Megan found out the court did not rule in her favor to take the kids with her to Texas. She left her bio kids with their dad in Nevada and moved to Texas. In hindsight, Megan realizes it was best for her kids to stay with their

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