Nourishing The Mother

NTM 417: Healing the stigma and conflict so blended families can thrive

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How do you move from high-conflict and separation grief, to wonderful relationships between four parents, and shared care of all the kids? In this episode we talk to Jess on how she’s created her modern-day village, with powerful insight on traversing separation, re-coupling, boundaries, needs and co-parenting in a blended family. If there’s any threads in Jess’ story that pull on your own life experience, then you’ll want to play this episode again and again to really get the wisdom - so make sure you save it!In this episode we discuss:- Different re-partnering timelines- Children with past partners and new partners- Being one big family with four children and four adults - Grief over a ‘new woman’ - Conflict between old and new partners - Harvesting empathy when you feel insecure - Respect for different grieving timelines and moving past the hurt- Your own childhood experiences colouring how you process the grief of old and new relationships, and what’s possible for your blended family - Holding intense gri