THE APRIL 2019 ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Understanding Parental Alienation
How to Recognize the Signs and Support Your Partner
BY SHELLY WARE, LMFT
Do You Feel Lonely, Stepmom?
Why We Crave—and How to Find—Connection
BY CLAUDETTE CHENEVERT
Blended, Black—and Fabulous!
It’s Time You Met Naja Hall
BY CHRISTINE G. ADAMO
The Problem Stepchild
5 Tips for Navigating the Impact of Their Behavior
BY HEATHER HETCHLER, MA
HELP! I Dread My Stepkids’ Visits
Why Do I Feel This Way?
BY MARY T. KELLY, MA
“Erasing Family”
What Filmmaker Ginger Gentile Wants You to Know About Parental Alienation
BY KRISTEN WILKINSON, PSYD
Stepmoms and Jealousy
Recognizing and Reversing the Damage It Causes
BY CLAUDETTE CHENEVERT
DEPARTMENTS
STEPPING STONES
Special Events—StepMom Style
5 Ways to Survive Really Big Days
BY KELLY PALMQUIST, MSW
THRIVING STEPMOMS
“I’m … Somebody Special”
Recognize Your Worth—Even If Your Stepkids Don’t
BY ANNA DE ACOSTA
SHORT STORY
A Stepmom’s Tale of Healing
Evicting the Elephant in the Room
BY LAURA L. MACK
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ON THE COVER
Naja Hall
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
What I Want You to Know
FROM THE ARCHIVES
This Time Last Year
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