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What is CEO of Ziglar Family, Mark Timm, saying about Better than Blended?

Zig Ziglar was one of the world’s greatest and most influential motivational speakers and family advocates. His work and legacy are beyond extraordinary and has been proven to be an amazing resource for individuals, families and companies.

This is why we are so excited to have Mark Timm, CEO of Ziglar Family contribute the Foreword for our Revised Better than Blended Workbook.

 

Mark is not only the CEO of Ziglar Family, but he is also part of a blended family as well. He and his wife Ann ha...

Journal A Day To Keep The Stress Away!

I love school supplies. During Back-to-School season, the stores are filled with stacks of new notebooks and boxes of colored pens. It makes me giddy like a first grader starting school! I am a pen and paper kind of girl. This is my season to shine!

This season also brings its own kind of anxiety to the blended family. There are new shifts and transitions to navigate. There will be new dynamics between teachers and parents. If you are not the primary parent, there is an extra layer of commun...

3 Things Every Child in a Blended Family Must Have

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Guest Post by Ananda Joy Rosario

I used to hate that one line from that one Disney movie that says that one thing about family and no one getting left behind. You know which one I’m talking about, right?

“Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind.”

That movie with the beautiful tropical setting has a great lesson for viewers, but a less than picturesque, painful pinch for those who have been left behind. For many years I felt “left behind”. My dad went off...

An Open Letter to Lysa TerKeurst

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It had been a while since I’d opened my collection of emails from Proverbs 31 ministries. I had gotten so busy with life that my First 5 morning devotionals had diminished and the reality of only having 24 hours in a day had been consuming the most important moments of my day. But on this day, I had chosen to take a different path to devotion and sneak away to my office for a moment of seclusion. As I sat there, I opened my phone with the intention of going to a bible app...

The Best Advice You Will Ever Get About Misbehavior In A Blended Family!

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If anyone ever implies to you that raising children in two separate homes, with two sets of rules, is an easy task, please disregard their statement. It is far from the truth!

This family dynamic is challenging for anyone and everyone involved because establishing rules and relationship are two of the greatest frustrations of any blended family home.

This reality became very clear to me one summer when my children had an especially difficult time adapting to being bac...

How To Have A More Peaceful Summer Visit, and Readjustment Time!

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When my kids returned to me from their summer visit with their dad, the adjustment period was horrific. Anyone that tells you that raising children in two separate homes, with two sets of rules is a cake walk, isn’t telling you the whole story! It may be easier for them now, but it hasn’t always been that way, I guarantee you.

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The Truth About My Relationship With My Older Step-Kids!

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Summer heat, palm trees, beaches, and amusement parks! Sounds like a dream vacation that no one would ever opt out of if given the option to practically go for free! So why were we on vacation without our three oldest children?

As I began to purchase tickets and prepare for our summer vacation, I was shocked and saddened to find out that our working adult and teen kids were probably going to opt to stay with family this vacation to work, instead of joining us.

What!...

How To Keep Your Summer Sanity With A House Full Of Kids

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I wish I could say that my summers are full of hot days, popsicles, watermelon and stress free living like everyone else on social media. But for me, that is far from reality. Although one of the perks I have as an educator are the summer breaks, the downfall is that my summer doesn’t belong to me. It belongs to my children. Instead of a teacher during the summer, I am a bus driver.

My children really don’t know life with me working through the summer. Since they started att...

Celebrating Fathers as a Single Mom, Even when it isn’t Easy

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Last month, I shared with you the challenges that I was facing in co-parenting with my ex.  Little did I know how quickly God would work on me and through me to change my perspective of my relationship with my son’s father.

This past Father’s Day I chose to do something that was tough but God honoring. Although I felt I had intentionally not been given the full visiting time with my son for Mother’s Day, I made sure to allow my son’s father the full time with ou...

Why I Stopped Trying to be Mr.Fix-it

As a bio dad of 4 kids, adopted dad of 1 and a step dad of 2 my plate can feel pretty full. My children range from age 2 to 21, and although fatherhood is rewarding, when you combine it with being a husband and a business owner, life can be very unpredictable and at times overwhelming. So like most men that want to see things get done, I tended to yell more than I should, to get my point across.

Why?

Because as the man of the home, I need to be the one that makes sure things run in order. I...