THE JULY ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Extreme Exes
Proven Strategies for Saving Your Relationship and Your Sanity
BY MARY T. KELLY, MA
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Are You Jealous of His Ex … At All?
The Reason Stepmothers Are Prone to Jealous Feelings
(and Why It’s Completely Normal)
BY BRENDA SNYDER, LCSW
From Hell to Healing
My Journey with My Husband’s Ex
BY JENNA KORF
Life Lessons from Ex-Wives
Confessions of a Therapist (and Fellow Stepmom)
BY CHRISTINA ROACH, LMHC, NCC, DCC
Forming a Family, Step by Step
My First Year as a Stepmom; My First Year with Cancer
BY JENNIFER GLASS
DEPARTMENTS
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
What I Think About … the Ex
GUY THEORY
Eric Explains … How to Talk So Your Partner Will Hear You
(Hint: Don’t Bury the Lead!)
BY ERIC URBACH
LEGAL MATTERS
Is Your Partner’s Ex a Bad Mother?
Why the Courts Can’t— and Won’t—Intervene
BY LARA R. BADAIN. ESQ.
THE LOOKING GLASS
Our Monthly Roundup of News, Events, Reviews and More
STEPMOM MEMOIRS
Every Other Weekend Stepparenting
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
BY STACY SPENCER THOMPSON
TIMEOUT
Stepmoms & Stress
The Cortisol Connection
BY JAMIE (SIMKINS) ROGERS, LPC, EMDR
FOOD AND FUN
Craft: Twisted Leather Bracelet
BY ASHLEY GRANT
OUTLOOK
Real Stepmoms. Real Stories.