The KICK-ASS Stepmom Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

This week's episode is for every stepmom who has ever felt something and immediately felt guilty for feeling it. Jen from The Sober Stepmom joins me this week and we go there. Jealousy, grief, nervous system overload, the control trap. All of it. This is the conversation I wished I'd had years ago.

Here's what we cover, but honestly, just go listen. This one got personal fast.

In this week's episode, Jen and I discuss:

• How becoming a stepmom inspired Jen's journey with sobriety
• The emotions that catch stepmoms completely off guard and why feeling them doesn't make you a bad person
• Jealousy in the stepmom role, what it actually is and why so many stepmoms carry shame around it
• The nervous system science behind why stepmoms feel so on edge, especially around transition days
• Grief that stepmoms never name and how it shows up sideways when you least expect it
• The unique experience of the childless stepmom, including Jen's raw and honest take on navigating infertility while stepparenting
• Why trying to control everything in your blended family is quietly costing you more than you realize
• How to create space between the feeling and your reaction and why that gap is where your power lives
• Practical nervous system regulation tools you can actually use in real stepmom moments

I think this one is going to stay with you.

Find Jen on Instagram @the_sober_stepmom

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Step-family advisor, speaker and author Emily Bouchard joins Jamie on The KICK-ASS Stepmom Podcast to dive into step-parenting teens, navigating money conversations in blended family estates, effective approaches for teaching healthy money habits to your kids, and important conversations you need to have to improve your stepfamily dynamic.

For more from Emily: 

https://blendedfamiliesflourishing.com/

Masterclass: How to Stop Letting a High Conflict Ex Hijack Your Life 

www.jamiescrimgeour.com/masterclass

Get My Ebook -  120 Ways To Be A KICK-ASS Stepmom 

www.jamiescrimgeour.com/ebook 

Episode Sponsors: 

Cozy Earth | Head to www.cozyearth.com and use the code JAMIESBOGO by April 18th for my  exclusive Mother's Day BOGO deal. Or, use the code COZYJAMIE anytime for 20% off your order. 

LMNT | My Go To Electrolyte Drink. Head to www.drinklmnt.com/kickassstepmom to get a free sample pack with any drink mix purchase.

Kajabi | www.jamiescrimgeour.com/kajabi to get all the details.

Family law attorney Diana Romanov is here today to tell you what you really need to know about navigating the legal side of divorce, child support, and custody.

We'll talk about the benefits of settling versus taking your case to a judge, what to do if your ex wants to move with the kids, how layoffs can affect child support, why a cost benefit analysis is so important when making legal decisions, and how to navigate high conflict divorce proceedings that include parental alienation or child safety.

Connect with Diana:

https://www.romanovlaw.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@Diana-Romanov

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Darren is back again and we are answering more questions about setting boundaries with the ex, your stepkids and what a stepmoms role should really be!

We cover things like how to stop the ex from coming into your home without permission, when should a stepmom take a step back from dealing with the ex, receiving pictures from the ex during her time (or vice versa), setting boundaries with your stepkids, handling the kids attitude towards you, dealing with teenagers and cell phones and SO much more.

This episode is loaded!

For more from Jamie:

Website: www.jamiescrimgeour.com

Follow along on Instagram @jamiescrimgeour and @kickassstepmompodcast

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Thanks to Our Sponsors:

This episode is sponsored by LMNT. Get a free sample pack with every purchase at www.drinklmnt.com/kickassstepmom.

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Darren is back on the show and we are diving into all things having an ours baby!

The episode kicks off with Darren reminding me of the worries I felt when it came time to having our daughter (some that I had forgotten I even had!) which reminded me that I was once in the same place a lot of you are.

We then dive into answering the questions you submitted and there are some good ones.

Things like whether the bio mom should take the ours baby on her time, how to deal with anxiety about how an ours baby will change the family dynamic, dealing with a high-conflict ex during pregnancy, handling different parenting styles, balancing schedules, raising them differently than your partner raised your stepkids with the ex, and SO much more!

For more from Jamie:

Website: www.jamiescrimgeour.com

Follow along on Instagram @jamiescrimgeour and @kickassstepmompodcast

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Thanks to Our Sponsors:

This episode is sponsored by LMNT. Get a free sample pack with every purchase at www.drinklmnt.com/kickassstepmom.

This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth. Use code COZYJAMIE40 for 40% off your order at www.jamiescrimgeour.com/cozyearth

Become a member of The Exclusive Stepmom Community for the stepmom support and resources you need for just $9.99/month or $99.99 a year: www.jamiescrimgeour.com/membership

This week I am chatting with Leah Marie Mazur who is a Divorce Recovery Coach for women, and the founder of Mindfully Ready. Leah helps women release the guilt, shame and feelings of failure so they can thrive after divorce.

In this episode we are diving into the stigma around divorce, the importance of changing the conversation around what divorce really means and why she and her ex let their daughter choose her own custody schedule.

Leah also shares how a stepmom can respond when the ex is struggling post divorce.

For more from Jamie:

Website: www.jamiescrimgeour.com

Follow along on Instagram @jamiescrimgeour and @kickassstepmompodcast

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For More From Leah:

Website: https://www.mindfullyready.com/

IG: www.instagram.com/mindfullyready/

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Become a member of The Exclusive Stepmom Community for the stepmom support and resources you need for just $9.99/month or $99.99 a year: www.jamiescrimgeour.com/membership

If you are thinking that we have been talking A LOT about sex this year on the podcast, you are right. But as part of my goals for 2023, I wanted to amp up the intimacy game in my own marriage and so here we are.

This week I am chatting with Dr. Kelly Casperson about you guessed it, sex. Kelly wants to reach the large majority of women who feel shame and broken and uneducated about their bodies, specifically their sexuality and pelvic health.

In this episode Kelly and I dive into confidence in sex, the shame related to sex that women often feel, the ways men and women are treated differently when it comes to sex, why the penis just sometimes doesn't work, things to amp it up in the bedroom, talking to your kids about sex and SO much more!

For more from Jamie:

Website: www.jamiescrimgeour.com

Follow along on Instagram @jamiescrimgeour and @kickassstepmompodcast

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Join The Membership

Download The Secret To Improving Your Stepfamily Life

For More From Kelly:

Website: www.kellycaspersonmd.com

IG: www.instagram.com/kellycaspersonmd

FB: www.facebook.com/youarentbroken

Thanks to Our Sponsors:

This episode is sponsored by LMNT. Get a free sample pack with every purchase at www.drinklmnt.com/kickassstepmom.

This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth. Use code COZYJAMIE40 for 40% off your order at www.jamiescrimgeour.com/cozyearth

This episode is sponsored by Better Help. Head to www.betterhelp.com/stepmom for 10% off your first month.

This episode has been highly requested in the past but I never had the experience to talk about it. That is until I met Michelle Wolfe. Michelle's stepmom experience is a little different because her stepdaughters bio mom has passed away. 

In this episode Michelle shares all about her experience being a stepmom to a child who has lost their mom. We dive into her experience dating a man with kids and how that changed when his ex passed away, what it was like moving into the house they lived in together, how she has cultivated a positive relationship with her daughter while still honouring her mom and how she has found her place in her family.

For more from Jamie:

Website: www.jamiescrimgeour.com

Follow along on Instagram @jamiescrimgeour and @kickassstepmompodcast

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For More From Michelle:

Follow her on Instagram: @themichellewolfe

Website: www.themichellewolfe.com

Listen to The MUVE Forward Podcast here

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Become a member of The Exclusive Stepmom Community for the stepmom support and resources you need for just $9.99/month or $99.99 a year: www.jamiescrimgeour.com/membership

You guys, LeAnn Rimes is on the show!

In this episode LeAnn and I talk about her experience as a stepmom. We dive into the healing that it forced her to do, how she dealt with her personal life being blasted in the media, the narratives that it created, boundaries, personal values and the feeling of being an outsider (which is so common in stepmom life).

Today is a good reminder that the real human experience is similar for everyone, famous or not.

For more from Jamie:

Website: www.jamiescrimgeour.com

Follow along on Instagram @jamiescrimgeour and @kickassstepmompodcast

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For More From LeAnn:

Follow her on Instagram: @leannrimes

Website: www.leannrimes.com

Listen to my episode on Wholly Human here.

This episode is sponsored by LMNT. Get a free sample pack with every purchase at www.drinklmnt.com/kickassstepmom.

This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth. Use code COZYJAMIE40 for 40% off your order at www.jamiescrimgeour.com/cozyearth

Become a member of The Exclusive Stepmom Community for the stepmom support and resources you need for just $9.99/month or $99.99 a year: www.jamiescrimgeour.com/membership

This is part 2 of this two part series with Ashleigh Renard.

If you haven't listened to the first part yet, go back and listen to episode 173 where we dive into Ashleigh's experience swinging with her husband and how she fell in love with another man and almost ruined her marriage.

In this episode we pick up where we left off and Ashleigh shares how she rebuilt her marriage after she almost got a divorce, how she stopped being a martyr mom, her tips for keeping monogamy hot, what she learned about herself during the swinging process and so much more!

Listen to Pt. 1 Sex Clubs + A Failed Attempt At Swinging with Ashleigh Renard here.

Take the disengaging quiz at www.jamiescrimgeour.com/shouldidisengage

For more from Jamie:

Website: www.jamiescrimgeour.com

Follow along on Instagram @jamiescrimgeour and @kickassstepmompodcast

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For More From Ashleigh:

Follow her on Instagram: @ashleighrenard

Website: www.ashleighrenard.com

This episode is sponsored by LMNT. Get a free sample pack with every purchase at www.drinklmnt.com/kickassstepmom.

This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth. Use code COZYJAMIE40 for 40% off your order at www.jamiescrimgeour.com/cozyearth