086. 2 Effective Strategies to Strengthen Family Bonds and Reduce Painful Tension
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Surely you love your kids and step-kids.
You probably have a desire to build strong bonds with them, but somehow that might be proving more difficult than you first imagined.
It's common for the relational complexities of a blended family to work against you when it comes to your kids actually feeling love and connection.
And it's not just the kids — you might struggle to feel loved in your couple relationship when both of your "love needs" aren't being met…
…this can magnify tension in your home and leave you feeling disconnected.
We have personally felt the loneliness that all of this creates. Feeling lonely in a house full of people can be gut-wrenching.
But, we didn't give up! Instead, we learned how to reduce our pain, disconnection, and conflict and help everyone in the home feel loved and bonded.
We discovered a secret strategy that over time, helped everyone in our home to experience genuine love, security, and connection.
In this episode, you'll hear about some of our real-life challenges as we learned how to blend well and love well over the past 20 years!
You'll Discover:
Unique ways to express love and create meaningful connection in your blended family
How to simplify parenting and practically meet all the kid's emotional love needs — without getting overwhelmed
A powerful strategy to help ease painful dynamics in your marriage
How to avoid the mistake of unintentionally magnifying marital tensions and creating love competition in your blended family
Resources from this Episode:
Episode 85: How to Uniquely Build More Love and Connection in Your Blended Family [with Ron Deal]
Book: Building Love Together in Blended Families by Gary Chapman & Ron Deal
Our online workshop: Stepfamilies that Work!
Episode 21: What is the Stranded Stranger & Trapped Teammate Experience? (Part 1 of 3)
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