Blended Family
Blended families face a unique set of challenges. If you are already in one, that may feel like an understatement! But there is hope! We have lived the challenges – both of us as stepparents and Victoria from the perspective of the stepchild.
Here’s the good news: Research has shown that couples who learn how to develop a loving, well-functioning stepfamily can, over time, negate many of the detrimental psychological impacts of divorce on children. And, the benefits to children from healthy stepfamilies carry over to their adult years, positively impacting their marital choices and the quality of their marriage. AND, couples who endure the adversity and create a healthy marriage frequently have a bond that is strong enough to withstand anything.
A strong step couple can begin to undo the generational cycle of divorce in just one generation!!
To help you navigate the challenges and arm you with the tools needed to have a well-functioning stepfamily and healthy marriage, here is what we offer:
Couple Blended Family Coaching
As a remarried couple, we coach and mentor couples through the challenges of blended family. We equip you with science-backed and experience-tested techniques to help you have the relationship you desire. The process is both empowering AND equipping. You will be encouraged, as well as armed with practical steps to move forward.
Thriving As A Blended Family Group Program
This group will discuss the difficulties of this family system and learn practical, realistic solutions to help your family navigate the obstacles and grow together. We will cover parenting and step-parenting roles, co-parenting with an ex-spouse, relationships with stepchildren, handling stepfamily finances, protecting your marriage and more!
We currently offer this 8-week program in the Spring at Daybreak Church but may also offer it at other times. Please contact us to be notified about the next course.
Kate and Kyle
"My fiancé and I had a wonderful experience working together with Victoria and Todd as we walked through blended coaching. We are so grateful for their honesty, patience, grace and support as this is a difficult path to navigate. We went through Preparing to Blend and found it to be extremely helpful and it highlighted areas we needed to work on in preparing for our lives together. We also highly recommend adding SYMBIS alongside. Blended coaching, with the help of Victoria and Todd, helped us lay a good foundation in preparing for our wedding day and how our family will operate in the future. The SYMBIS allowed us to get to know each other, tackle some of the “hot topics” and work through them before our marriage. Together the blended coaching and SYMBIS allowed my fiancé and I to have meaningful and productive conversations guided by Victoria and Todd and we feel confident in implementing what we learned to help us be better parents/stepparents and spouses."