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PODCAST

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents

Blended Family Frappé

A short weekly podcast for struggling stepparents who need a quick pick-me-up. With love, from Blended Family Frappé. xo blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com

kids & family parenting

All Episodes

5:02

🌪️ Blending in high conflict

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/11/09

Stepparenting in the aftermath of your partner’s high-conflict divorce requires a completely different approach.For help with this, please watch High Conflict Stepparenting, our workshop for stepparents who need extra support while trying to blend under intense pressure. It's included as a perk for our paid Substack subscribers.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss

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3:00

🥀 Stepparenting grief

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/11/02

Stepparenting requires a lot of sacrifices — many of which are significant; most of which we had no idea we’d have to make. So grief is part of stepparenting too, although I don’t think any of us realize that going in.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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2:26

🤔 Is stepparenting an exercise in futility??

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/10/26

A pep talk for stepparents who struggle to feel like they’re making any kinda difference in their blended families.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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4:36

⚠️ Stop trying to make the high conflict ex act less...

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/10/19

You can’t co-parent with someone who won’t compromise. Put that energy toward blending your family instead.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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4:45

🙅🏻‍♀️ When your partner puts you last

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/10/12

Today I'm sharing some of the (many) misconceptions I had to stumble over as I slowwwwly shifted from a single parent perspective to a stepfamily mindset.Read the full transcript on Substack >>HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR PARTNERS:Stepcouplehood needs to be a partnershipThe 3 stages of blending your familyHow to Actually Blend: The Missing Instruction Manual for Stepcouples6 things stepparents wish their partners knewWhy your relationship (NOT the kids) should come first in a stepfamilyStepparents &

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4:09

🤔…. but what do YOU want??

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/10/05

If you’re ready to shift out of reactive mode as a stepparent and recover your center, disengaging could be the first step in rediscovering what you want and need.GRAB YOUR FREE STEMOMCON25 TICKET! >>Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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4:27

🤦🏻‍♀️ My #1 stepmom mistake

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/09/28

The more you know about the complexities of stepfam life, the more you’re setting yourself up for success. And, by extension, the rest of your blended family too.GRAB YOUR FREE TICKET TO STEPMOMCON 2025! >>Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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3:09

😫 Stepparenting + compassion fatigue

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/09/21

Stepparenting compassion fatigue is what happens when your heart can literally no longer feel empathy because you’ve been so overexposed to never-ending stepfamily problems.If that's you, go grab my guide: 17 coping tips for managing overwhelming emotions and please know YOU ARE NOT ALONE. xoRead the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get

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6:36

🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 We are not the Brady Bunch

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/09/14

Happy Stepfamily Day (Sep 16th) to all the incredible blended families out there that look nothing like the Brady Bunch.The Brady Bunch laid the groundwork for decades of unrealistic expectations about blended families. The real journey toward blended is so much more intimidating. Which doesn't mean we're failing at becoming a family; it’s just that our preconceptions about what "blended" really means are misinformed.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR

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3:33

🌟 Imperfect stepparenting still counts

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/09/07

You do not need to be perfect to be a good stepparent. You’re certainly not responsible for living up to someone else’s unrealistic stepparenting expectations. Or your own unrealistic expectations!Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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3:49

🤨 SHOULD we parent our stepkids though?

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/08/31

If you need help wrapping your brain around the idea of of disengaging in a positive way, I wrote a whole ebook to help with that: ➡️ Not Your Circus, Not Your Monkeys: The Frustrated Stepparent's Guide to Reclaiming Personal Peace. It includes advice and a step-by-step how-to along with my personal stories about disengaging, plus a bunch of different “how I disengaged” examples from other stepparents.This ebook is included as a perk for our paid subscribers on Substack, but you can also buy it as a

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3:53

🐸 Frogs in boiling water

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/08/24

A high conflict ex can turn stepfamily life into a nightmare. How can stepparents keep from getting cooked ourselves?Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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4:13

🏆 Step 1 of stepfam success

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/08/17

It literally took years for Dan & I to get on the same page as a stepcouple. Which, it turns out, is pretty normal in a blended family. That sure doesn’t make it easy though! Which is why we put together this guide: How to Actually Blend: The Missing Instruction Manual for Stepcouples.You might also want to check out:The 3 phases (& 7 stages) of blending your familyBlended family red flagsRead the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR

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3:24

❤️‍🩹 Self-care when you can’t even

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/08/10

So much of successfully navigating stepparenting depends on our ability to think outside the box — to get creative, to redefine how “family” looks and feels, to reassess what it means to be a stepparent in a way that actually works for us. And all of that applies to self-care for stepparents as well: it’s probably not gonna look how you thought. Which is normal and okay.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a

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3:49

💩 Those problems were already there.

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/08/03

A pep talk for stepparents who get gaslit into believing that the dysfunction at home and/or between co-parents is somehow their fault.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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2:33

🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ Spoiled rotten

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/07/27

How to deal when your stepkids are the very definition of a special snowflake.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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4:16

💁🏻‍♀️ My take on “don’t take it personally”

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/07/20

The most infuriating stepparenting advice I heard/read over and over again was “Oh just don’t take it personally! It’s not you; it’s the role. Your stepkid would treat anyone in your position the same way.”Today, I'll share what I wish those folks would've said instead.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,

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3:36

❤️‍🩹 Parental alienation perspective shift

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/07/13

Parental alienation is the most “dark night of the soul” challenge we faced in our blended family... but eventually our stepfamily did find hope and healing.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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4:08

➡️ The #1 thing that would've helped me the most as a...

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/07/06

Knowing what counts as “normal” in a stepfamily would’ve made a HUGE difference in how I approached becoming a stepmom. I was completely unprepared for how hard this role was gonna be.Read the full transcript on Substack >>--➡️ STRUGGLING? START HERE!🧡 JOIN OUR SUPPORT COMMUNITY🗣️ SHARE YOUR OWN STORY! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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2:17

😫 How to survive stepparenting stress

Tiny Pep Talks for Stepparents ·

2025/06/29

Some self-care tips for any stepparent who feels like their brain is melting from massive overwhelm.What’s your go-to de-stress practice? Hop over to Substack and leave a comment if you wanna share — I’d love to hear it, and you’d be helping other stressed-out stepparents too! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit blendedfamilyfrappe.substack.com/subscribe

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