THE AUGUST 2019 ISSUE | TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
Running Circles Around Stepfamily Life
Crystal Seaver on Self-Care Routines and Relationships
BY BRENDA OCKUN
Your Grown Stepkids
Stepfamily Life Doesn’t End When They Turn 18
BY WEDNESDAY MARTIN, PHD
CBT Techniques for Stepmoms
How to Stop Thinking About Things (and People!) You Can’t Control
BY MARY T. KELLY, MA
Parental Alienation
An Interview With Jennifer Jill Harman, PhD
BY KRISTEN WILKINSON, PSYD
Career-Focused Stepmoms
Merging Your Professional Goals With Stepfamily Life
BY CLAUDETTE CHENEVERT
DEPARTMENTS
STEPMOM MEMOIRS
Walking in Her Shoes
What Life as Both a Mom—and a Stepmom—Has Taught Me
BY KRISTA GIOVARA
THE INSIDE SCOOP
Disengaging the Nacho Kids Way
How ‘Nacho-ing’ Helped Save My Marriage and My Sanity
BY LORI SIMS
THRIVING STEPMOMS
Reset Your Mindset
4 Simple Ways to Ease Your Frustrations
BY MEG BURTON TUDMAN
STEPFAMILY LIFE
Family Meetings
Helping Stepkids Transition Between Two Homes
BY TRACI MORENO, PSYD
IN EVERY ISSUE
ON THE COVER
Crystal Seaver
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
What I Want You to Know
FROM THE ARCHIVES
This Time Last Year
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