The Stepmom's Toolbox

Hi there.  This is Claudette Chenevert, The Stepmom Coach. Join me this week as I share with you Part 2 of the importance of creating a vision for your family. Ever wonder how the most successful stepmoms seem to achieve everything they set their minds to? Appear to always be doing what it is they love and enjoy their families? Look so calm and confident? Fulfill their dreams, passions and vision of creating a happy stepfamily? During our 30-40 minutes together, I'll review some of the reasons for creating a powerful vision and goal for yourself and your family and continue and creating some action steps to get you from Surviving to THRIVING, one STEP at a time.   Remember to check out Sept 21, 2011 show to hear what questions you need to ask yourself to create that relationship you've been dreaming of. See you soon. Claudette Chenevert The Stepmom Coach www.stepmomcoach.com Taking stepmoms from Surviving to THRIVING, one STEP at a time! For more information about the FALL 6-Week Stepmom Makeover Program, go to http://www.stepmomcoach.com/october2011makeover.php  

  Join me on September 27th at 11:00 EST to discuss the various challenges and solutions to being a woman who is childless/childfree and partnered with a man with children. Wednesday Martin, author of "Stepmonster", a childless woman herself when she married her husband years ago, will be my guest as she offers her personal perspective as a childless woman, and what the research has to tell us about this most challenging position in the stepfamily system. A must-listen to show for any childless stepmom out there. There is hope!

Hi there.  This is Claudette Chenevert, The Stepmom Coach. Join me this week as I share with you the importance of creating a vision for your family. Ever wonder how the most successful stepmoms seem to achieve everything they set their minds to? Appear to always be doing what it is they love and enjoy their families? Look so calm and confident? Fulfill their dreams, passions and vision of creating a happy stepfamily? During our 30 minutes together, I'll share with you some great tips and strategies that you can do immediately.  Make sure to have pen and paper as we start to create great relationships together. See you soon. Claudette Chenevert The Stepmom Coach www.stepmomcoach.com Taking stepmoms from Surviving to THRIVING, one STEP at a time!

Come join me for my show, "Changing Stepfamilies: One Stepmom At a Time".  My guest this week will be a woman who grew up in a stepfamily starting from when she was eight years old.  Her mother and stepfather have been married for over forty years.  Her perspective as a stepchild and ultimately an adult stepchild will offer valuable information to any stepmother.  So much of what stepmothers suffer with are unrealistic expectations.  My guest's frank and direct approach, as well as experiences, are universal to so many stepchildren.  Tune in and know what is realistic to expect and what is not.

Claudette Chenevert, The Stepmom Coach is here for another episode to help and motivate you in your stepfamily journey. On today's show, I'll be talking about ways to celebrate National Stepfamily Day. Christy Tusing-Borgeld is the Founder of this great movement.  What are your plans for that day? Here is the Stepfamily Day Foundation Mission: " Is enhanced by our strong commitment to support the stepfamilies of our nation in their mission to raise their children, create strong family structures to support the individual members of the family, instill in them a sense of responsibility to all extended family members." Stepfamilies are created on a daily basis. It's not always easy and at times we wonder why bother. Join me as I share with you ways to strengthen your family, to transform your relationships from Surviving to THRIVING, one STEP at a time. Join me live on the call by dialing in at 347-843-4229. Want to know more about Claudette Chenevert, The Stepmom Coach?  Looking for resources, books and free stuff? Visit my website at http://www.stepmomcoach.com. 

I'm Mary Kelly-Williams, M.A., owner of Married With Baggage: How To Thrive in Remarriage With Children.  I practice in Boulder, Colorado and am a psychotherapist who has been working with and writing about stepfamily life, especially as it relates to the ambiguous role of "stepmother" for over a decade. I am the mother of four children and am partnered with my husband of over ten years who has a teenage daughter.  Come join me for my Premier Show on Changing Stepfamilies: One Stepmom At a Time.  My guests this week will be two stepmoms, one a childless stepmom partnered with a man with 50% parenting time with his son and one, a mother herself partnered with a man with a daughter.  Listen in to hear how they've learned to handle being part of a stepfamily without losing themselves or their minds.   You can find more info about my services at: http://www.marriedwithbaggage.com

"It's like I don't exist!  I have no power around here!"  If you have ever felt this way about your family or your life,   this class is for YOU!  This is Barb Goldberg, of The Evil Stepmother Speaks. I'm a stepmom, bio mom and a Martha Beck Certified Life Coach. Stepmoms/dads make the family work!  Understanding and being able to use the LAW OF ATTRACTION, will change your life.   I am so thrilled to interview JEANETTE MAW, Master Certified Martha Beck coach. Jeannette is the founder of Good Vibe Coaching. She publishes Good Vibe Blog, hosts an online site at Good Vibe University, is the co-founder of Good Vibe Coach Academy, and writes monthly for Catalyst Magazine. She is the author of several law of attraction ebooks and is a contributor to Jack Canfield's Life Lessons for Mastering the Law of Attraction. Thanks to the work of Albert Einstein, we now know that everything in the world is made of energy.   Ever wondered how to capture this energ?  Join us!  Life will never be the same!

Welcome to our new episodes from The Stepmom Tool Box.  Today, Claudette Chenevert, The Stepmom Coach will talk about being a stepmom and what her purpose for this platform will be. Be sure to join us live and share your comments.

If you have been through a divorce and are in a remarriage, you know that it's not all about the money, but it sure is important! Host Paula Bisacre of RemarriageWorks.com will discuss "Divorce & Remarriage: A Second Look at Mortgages, Credit Histories, and Finances" with guest Carl Delmont, CEO of Freedmont Mortgage and Board Member of the MD Council on Economic Education and the MD Coalition for Financial Literacy. Carl is a certified divorce planner, and weekly expert on ABC, WMAR TV in Baltimore.

What a Grand Finale! Absolutely magic! Listen in as we dish merging households with Erin and some damn good Martha Beck wisdom from Martha Beck trained life coach Barb Goldberg!   Please join me and my guesst Erin Elizabeth Wells, of Living Peace, and Barb Goldberg of The Evil Stepmom Speaks as we dish merging households, blended families, and Martha Beck!

Join us tonight for an open discussion on setting boundaries and learning to say NO without feeling guilty!

Tune in as we dish with Laurie Wallin whose expertise helps people get unstuck by understanding their strengths and helps people thrive through grief, stress and change!   Laurie Wallin is a speaker and life coach who specializes in getting people unstuck so they can enjoy life again. She combines her background in biochemistry and teaching with experience as a mother of 4 (2 with special needs) to educate, motivate, and inspire others. Laurie helps individuals and families through coaching and writing for her website. She also writes weekly for 5 Minutes for Special Needs and Facebook’s Moms Together page. A guest blogger on numerous parenting sites, Laurie also speaks regularly as a MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International speaker. You can find her tips and video posts for getting unstuck on You Tube, her Facebook page (Living Power Life Coaching) and on Twitter. Isn't it time you started enjoying life again?  

Our special guest is Lorena Bathey, author of "Happy Beginnings: How I Became My Own Fairy Godmother" and  "Beatrice Munson"   Growing up in the Bay Area of Northern California, Lorena Bathey attended St. Mary’s College in Moraga graduating with a degree in English. Then she traveled, learned about life, and developed great fodder for a book. Losing her mother to cancer and her own marriage’s demise brought her to find herself. She wrote Happy Beginnings: How I Became My Own Fairy Godmother (www.amazon.com) and found speaking and empowering others was her passion.   Lorena Bathey found after writing her first book that characters were visiting her mind and wouldn't leave. She was introduced to Marissa, Andrea, Lily, Deidre and Beatrice and her first novel, Beatrice Munson, came to life. After finishing that book she was inspired to write more novels and she knew that pursuing her passion was the best way to live her life. So a writer she became. After meeting the love of her life, they embarked on the thrilling life to follow their dreams bringing their families along for the ride. Today Lorena has nine novels in her writing queue all with screenplays in the works.   But writing isn't the only muse that inspires Lorena. She has become a passionate photographer and likes to push the envelope taking shots while learning how to navigate Photoshop. Travel, walking, enjoying new restaurants, and Italy are other loves and things she makes sure she has time for. Find her at Lorena@LorenaBBooks.com or at www.LorenaBBooks.com www.facebook.com/lmbathey and at www.twitter.com/lmmtoo

What's life like Post Divorce? What are the ups, the downs, the weird inside your head conversations, and other strange bedfellows? What's up with all that anger and hostility towards your ex and his new girlfriend / wife? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Ready to move forward? Our special guest, Lee Block, is a divorced mother of two who has been there done that and owns two t-shirts to prove it.  She is a certified professional coach who helps empower men and women after divorce to find themselves and love themselves again.  In her spare time, she runs a divorce dating club online and is writing several books and writing for Huffington Post while raising her kids and large dog. www.postdivorcechronicles.com, www.postdivorcedatingclub.com,  

Join us as we dish with Stepmom in the Spotlight Laura Fawcett! Laura will be sharing her amazing stepmom turn around story and you don't want to miss it! Laura's story is INSPIRING!