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Blended Kingdom Families
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Welcome to the Blended Kingdom Families Podcast! If you are in need of resources that deal with remarriage, step-parenting, co-parenting, preparing to blend, or divorce-proofing your marriage, we are here to serve you! Blended Kingdom Families is a step-family ministry that is committed to providing resources for individuals, families, and churches by implementing biblical foundations and practical tips.
Blended Kingdom Families provides up-to-date content including weekly podcast episodes, family and marriage events, as well as written curriculum to equip and strengthen your marriage and blended family! Our new book, Blended and Redeemed: The Go-To Field Guide for the Modern Stepfamily is now available on Amazon. Head to our website for more resources for your blended family.
We are so glad you're here!
Be blessed in all you do!
- Scott and Vanessa Martindale, Founders of Blended Kingdom Families
For more resources: linktr.ee/blendedkingdomfamilies
Blended Kingdom Families provides up-to-date content including weekly podcast episodes, family and marriage events, as well as written curriculum to equip and strengthen your marriage and blended family! Our new book, Blended and Redeemed: The Go-To Field Guide for the Modern Stepfamily is now available on Amazon. Head to our website for more resources for your blended family.
We are so glad you're here!
Be blessed in all you do!
- Scott and Vanessa Martindale, Founders of Blended Kingdom Families
For more resources: linktr.ee/blendedkingdomfamilies
Beating Blended Family Burnout: Overcoming Invisible Mental Loads Together | BlendedFamily Podcast
On this exciting episode of the BKF podcast, Beating Blended Family Burnout: Overcoming the Invisible Mental Load Together, Scott and Vanessa discuss an important topic impacting many marriages and blended families - the invisible mental and emotional load that so many spouses in blended families carry. Join us as we explore what this often-overlooked burden looks like and how it affects your relationships, well-being, and joy at home. We’ll share practical strategies for overcoming burnout, communicating openly, and creating a healthy home environment for your blended family. Discover the power of saying “no” to unnecessary obligations and the freedom that comes with creating space to genuinely enjoy life together. These essential skills will not only help you relieve stress but will also empower your blended family to thrive with a stronger, healthier bond.
We pray this episode blesses you today!
Subscribe now and turn on notifications so you do not miss out on future episodes about blended family life, co-parenting tips, advice on maintaining healthy relationships and more!
Engage with Us - Leave a Comment: Share your thoughts or experiences related to this topic.
To support this ministry and help ensure that blended families around the world continue to receive biblical equipping click here: blendedkingdomfamilies.com/donate/ For more resources visit: www.blendedkindomfamilies.com and linktr.ee/blendedkingdomfamilies
Join Our Community - Ready to connect with other blended couples who understand exactly what you're going through? Find out how you can join or start a small group in your church or home. blendedkingdomfamilies.com/groups/
Connect With Us - Follow us on social media at BlendedKingdomFamilies
For more resources, including information on leading a Blended & Redeemed group, visit our website blendedkingdomfamilies.com
We pray this episode blesses you today!
Subscribe now and turn on notifications so you do not miss out on future episodes about blended family life, co-parenting tips, advice on maintaining healthy relationships and more!
Engage with Us - Leave a Comment: Share your thoughts or experiences related to this topic.
To support this ministry and help ensure that blended families around the world continue to receive biblical equipping click here: blendedkingdomfamilies.com/donate/ For more resources visit: www.blendedkindomfamilies.com and linktr.ee/blendedkingdomfamilies
Join Our Community - Ready to connect with other blended couples who understand exactly what you're going through? Find out how you can join or start a small group in your church or home. blendedkingdomfamilies.com/groups/
Connect With Us - Follow us on social media at BlendedKingdomFamilies
For more resources, including information on leading a Blended & Redeemed group, visit our website blendedkingdomfamilies.com
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Excellent solution and defence against trauma❤❤🎉🎉😊
We are glad this video was a blessing to you! Thank you for your support 🙌
Amen
Cheer~~~a stepfather or stepmother.😊
Love Shannon and Sion. I was introduced to them in Fayetteville. Sang praise and worship with them. Awesome couple.
Love that! 🙌🙌
What part of this episode inspired you today?
I don't get.... If the 2 become 1..... On your first marriage how can you divorce even Jessie told the pharsies that there's no divorce
Thank you for your comment and for watching this episode of the Blended Kingdom Families podcast. Please visit our blog (linked below) for more information on this important topic. blendedkingdomfamilies.com/what-does-the-bible-say-about-divorce-and-remarriage/
This hit so hard...
Thank you for the comment! We know these challenges can be difficult to navigate and are stopping right now to cover you in prayer! We pray this episode was a blessing to you. Be blessed in all you do!
@@BlendedKingdomFamilies The enemy uses confusion and deception to rot the family from the inside out...or at least in our case. There is so much to discuss, discern, and learn about this topic. It is also so painful when in the midst of it all
@@BlendedKingdomFamilies The enemy uses confusion and deception to rot the family from the inside out...or at least in our case. There is so much to discuss, discern, and learn about this topic. It is also so painful when in the midst of it all
Great video. Very clear and direct.
Thank you for the support! We are glad this episode was a blessing to you!
What was YOUR favorite part of the conference?
I always tell my husband not to do things when he is with the children and his ex. So when we went to see the game we sat separately but when he went without me his daughter asked him to sit next to her and the mom. Although, she sat in the middle of them. I felt that was not okay but he doesn’t see it as something wrong. What’s your opinion?
Thank you for your comment. We are sorry to read about the challenges you are facing in your family! We know enmeshment impacts so many families and hope this episode was a blessing. We are stopping right now to cover you in prayer. We encourage you to seek pastoral counseling from your local pastor and to prayerfully consider seeking direct guidance through BKF coaching. Please visit the link for more information. blendedkingdomfamilies.tfaforms.net/29
BFC
Thank you for the comment and we hope to see you at the conference! Here is a link to register. Be blessed in all you do! brushfire.com/blendedkingdomfamiliesministries/blendedfamilyconference/561807
Victory Church in Oklahoma! ❤
🙌 Thank you for your comment on this episode. We pray it was a blessing to you! Be blessed in all you do!
How are you being a Re-Leader in your blended family? Share your story with the BKF community below!
Thank you for your wisdom in this area it is very much appreciated! Keep up the good work. I also love the artwork behind your table. Very cohesive and appealing!
Thank you for your comment and support! We are glad you enjoy the set design and podcast episode. Be blessed in all you do! 🙌
How do YOU teach values to your kids?
Are you part of a small group? Let us know in the comments!
Thank you for sharing your story Kelly! I am a 40 year old childless stepmum, so this resonates a lot and brings light in a very lonely place, God bless you!! xx
We are so glad this episode was a blessing to you! Be blessed in all you do!
WOW!! That was 100% what's going on now!! Thank you for your insight!!
Praise God this episode was a blessing to you. Be blessed in all you do!
WOW!! That was 100% what's going on now!! Thank you for your insight!!
I loved this topic. My fiance’ did a very similar online bootcamp on this topic. I learned so much bc I struggled being in a masculine state as a female bc I was a single mom raising a boy and 20 yrs of leadership in a combat arms military branch. It was tough and at the end of the day I DID NOT want to be in that state. I wanted to be how God designed me! Thanks for sharing 🤗
Thank you for the comment and support. We are glad this episode was a blessing to you! Thank you for sharing a part of your testimony with us!
Very insigtful, lots of wisdom imparted here, thank you
Thank you for the support and comment! We are glad this episode was a blessing to you! Be blessed in all you do.
Man... this episode hits SO close to home. I feel heard and seen more than I ever have. I just googled Christian Step Parenting podcast and this came up first. Thank you so much for this episode. We have limited her form of communication with us by blocking her and her new husband on all platforms. Our kids have their own phones and we have a work phone she can use if required. I can't wait to listen to more episodes.
Thank you very much for the support and comment. We are glad this episode was a blessing to you and are sorry you are facing these challenges. We and are stopping right now to cover you in prayer and hope you are encouraged in knowing that nothing is impossible with God! Be blessed in all you do!
Trenton’s story and mine are so similar. I thought I was crazy to be healing quickly. So awesome to hear a similar story. God bless y’all and this minstry!
We are glad this episode blessed you!
Awesome interview. Very inspirational.
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I will say. I’m a bio parent and a step parent. I was a stepparent first. I do love my ss I do! But after having my daughter, there is a different bond. So I think it’s okay to admit, maybe we don’t have the same connection or bond to our stepkids as we do our bio kids. However, never let your stepkid feel that. And yes of course pray too, that you would have a deeper love/connection to your stepkid
Thank you for the comment and support! Well said, we pray that God continue to guide and bless you in all that you do!
Would love to hear a convo on resentment the other way around. What about when looking to blend or already blended and your new spouse starts to feel feelings of resentment towards the child/children. Stemming from feelings of jealousy of the time your child gets with you when you are all together and the attention you give them.
Thank you for the comment and support! That is a great topic and a challenge that many families face when beginning to blend. Stay tuned for future episodes of the Let's Therapy Podcast and be blessed in all you do!
Which tip helped YOU the most? Let us know in the comments!
I'm becoming part of a blended family. I get along with the kids great and made every effort to make it easier on both of their parents by extending the olive branch to their mother. We go to the same church and live in a very small town only a couple blocks apart. She's made several attempts to sabotage our relationship from relentless complaints about how we spend our time together, to showing him pictures of herself in tiny bikinis asking for his opinion, to most recently inviting herself along with us (kids included) to Wisconsin and even asking to stay in our room. She's constantly texting and calling him, asking favors of him, doing her best to make him and I jealous, strutting around in sleasy outfits (even at church), being overly friendly with him and passive-aggressive with me... she constantly bashes him publicly on social media, calling him a narcissistic abuser despite the post always having attached a selfie, usually in a bikini or super tight workout clothes. She does this every single day, several times a day and I only know this because she sent me a friend request i shouldn't have accepted. She's a bodybuilder and good for her. She works hard at it and wields a great body for her age, but it's non-stop all about how she's "the hot ex", how good she looks for 40, how people are always jealous of her, intimidated by her, uncomfortable with her confidence, etc. I just want her to stop. I'm so stressed out, I'm battling severe chronic illness, I'm having a very hard time coping with the unexpected suicide of my mother 2 weeks ago and trying to support my newly widowed father living 2hrs away... I fully accept that she's not going away and respect her place as the mother of these two wonderful kids, but I'm not sure how much more I'm going to be able to tolerate nicely or as Jesus would. I don't know what to do.
Thank you for the comment. We are so sorry you are experiencing this, we have stopped to pray for you and your family! Please prayerfully consider visiting our website (links provided) to learn more about the community and support opportunities found though BKF coaching and BKF groups. We are praying that God continue to guide you as you walk the blended family journey! Be blessed in all you do and remember nothing is impossible with God! Learn more about BKF coaching: blendedkingdomfamilies.com/blended-family-coaching/ Learn more about BKF groups: blendedkingdomfamilies.com/blended-family-groups/
Thank you Father Amen 😊
Amen!
This video was life changing, ive often been made to feel i was over reacting when i see the attempt's so clearly. I always wonder, how do couples just run into this after marraige? In a girlfriend and i cant imagine making it to wife with these issues
Great question, thank you for the comment. We always recommend that couples seek out biblical pre-marriage counseling to best equip themselves for marriage and understand that life circumstances may change even after marriage. Our book Blended and Redeemed is a great resource for navigating blended family life challenges in a healthy way. Please visit the link below to learn more about the book and other helpful Blended Kingdom Family Ministry resources. linktr.ee/blendedkingdomfamilies Be blessed in all you do!
Hi! I noticed all of these videos mention spouse but I wonder, how does a couple go from girlfriend to wife without these issues? How do they progress to marriage and find these issues out ? I met my partnerd co parents at 3 months and she was rude to me and it's destroyed my confidence I don't feel I should have met her so soon
Thank you for your comment. We are sorry to hear about your challenges and are stopping right now to cover you in prayer. Unfortunately, many of the challenges we face are unpredictable and require us to adapt quickly in the best way we know how. Fortunately, we are not alone when facing challenges and we serve a God that cares deeply for us. These realities are why we strongly recommend biblical pre-marriage counseling, effective coaching, and utilization of practical blended family resources like the BKF Podcast, Let's Therapy Podcast, Blended and Redeemed book/study guide and other BKF resources.
I like that each portion of the prayer is supported by scripture.
Thank you! Be blessed in all you do!
What verses encourage you during challenging times? Let us know!
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🙌 Praise God!
All great tips for managing stress better!
Thank you for the comment and your support! Be blessed in all you do!
I always forget how much physical activity helps reduce stress. Good reminder.
Yes, such an important part of healthy stress management! Be blessed in all you do!
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Thank you for the comment! Be blessed in all that you do!
Great tips!
Thank you so much for the support!
Thank you for watching! What tip was most helpful to you?
This episode sounds incredible! 🌟 Dr. Shannan Crawford's insights are always so enlightening. Can't wait to dive into these important topics and gain some healing and restoration. Thanks for sharing
We are glad this episode was a blessing to you! Thank you for the support. Be blessed in all you do! 👏
This episode sounds incredible! Dr. Shannan Crawford's insights are always so enlightening. Can't wait to dive into these important topics and gain some healing and restoration. Thanks for sharing