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	<description>Susan Wisdom writes about the challenges and joys of Step Parenting.</description>
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		<title>Do You Have Stepfamily Concerns Or Questions? Thursday Is Your Chance To ASK THE EXPERTS!</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/07/do-you-have-stepfamily-concerns-or-questions-thursday-is-your-chance-to-ask-the-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/07/do-you-have-stepfamily-concerns-or-questions-thursday-is-your-chance-to-ask-the-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve ever wished you could ask a real expert your most important questions about step-life, now is your chance! Please join me and other well known panelists this Thursday! You won’t want to miss this incredible opportunity, sponsored by StepMom Magazine.
Thursday, July 29th
11 am to 4 pm EST
On StepMom Magazine’s Facebook Page
Asking your most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unbreakable Bonds: How Are the Kids Doing?</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/07/unbreakable-bonds-how-are-the-kids-doing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/07/unbreakable-bonds-how-are-the-kids-doing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[biological parent/child bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helpful questions for stepparents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids' natural loyalties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preserving first and second family bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remarried families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepcoupling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepfamily and stepcouple support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepparenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Wisdom]]></category>

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Too often, as a struggling stepparent, it’s easy to lose yourself in self-pity, resentment and jealousy—and, amid it all, forget what the kids are enduring.
Grappling with the separation of their biological parents—not to mention also adjusting to the idea that one or both parents now have new partners—is a devastating process for the children.
Yes, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Be Fooled: There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect Family</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/07/dont-be-fooled-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-perfect-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/07/dont-be-fooled-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-perfect-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA["normal" families vs. stepfamilies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rewards of stepcoupling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepcouple challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepcouple journey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stepfamilies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepparenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As stepcouples, does it sometimes feel as though other so-called “normal” families are better off? Do you sometimes observe them and feel jealous of the way they appear to interact—to talk and play and laugh—so naturally and comfortably? And, as a result, does this comparison make you feel as though your stepfamily were somehow worse?
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Sanity in Stepfamilies &#8211; Is There Such a Thing?</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/06/summer-sanity-in-stepfamilies-is-there-such-a-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/06/summer-sanity-in-stepfamilies-is-there-such-a-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[HOW TO HAVE A HAPPY SUMMER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SUMMER SANITY IN STEPCOUPLING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SUMMER SANITY IN STEPFAMILIES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SUMMER SELF CARE FOR STEPMOMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SUMMER VACATION AND KIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SUMMER WITH KIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SUMMER WITH STEPKIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SURVIVING SUMMER WITH KIDS AND STEPKIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TAKING A BREAK FROM KIDS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[School’s out and summer vacation begins…
Vacation for kids and stepkids is hardly a vacation for the parents raising them. “ Do this, do that, take us here, there and everywhere…NOW!”
The kids complaining -THERE’S NOTHING TO DO. The begging -Can so and so come over? I need money to go to the mall? Everyone else gets [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tired of Stuck? &#8211; You CAN Make the First Move to Change</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/06/tired-of-stuck-you-can-make-the-first-move-to-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/06/tired-of-stuck-you-can-make-the-first-move-to-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[breaking old patterns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creating positive behaviors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making the first move]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new relationship strategies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stepcoupling.com/?p=567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you always do what you did… you’ll always get what you got. 
(Old Southern expression)
There’s no place where this is more evident than in stepcoupling.  If you’re doing the same crummy things over and over, repeating the same fights, feeling the same bad feelings…you’re stuck with what you got.
Do you ever think that it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing the &#8220;If Only&#8221; Game &#8211; Doesn&#8217;t Work in Stepcoupling.</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/06/playing-the-if-only-game-doesnt-work-in-stepcoupling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/06/playing-the-if-only-game-doesnt-work-in-stepcoupling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[acceptance of situation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accepting reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoiding divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boundary conflicts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflicts that lead to divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exspouses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[If Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[important questions to ask]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intimacy in stepcoupling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maturity and patience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resilience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepparenting and intimacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stepcoupling.com/?p=565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In stepcoupling, it starts with falling in love…of course!  We’re convinced that we’ve found the right mate in spite of some concerns … like kids, exspouses, child support payments, parenting responsibilities, etc. No worries though. It’ll work out over time.  And for many, it does
For others – not so well.  Many people in stepcouples ARE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Really Happens&#8230; After &#8220;I Do&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/05/what-really-happens-after-i-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/05/what-really-happens-after-i-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 15:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authority as stepmother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoiding stepcouple divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building strong relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication and respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[developmental journey as stepcouple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patience/understanding as stepcouple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepcoupling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stepcoupling.com/?p=557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We hadn’t been married long when we were invited to a party given by my husband’s old friends.  Almost immediately this woman made a fast beeline for me! In a loud voice she asked, “Susan, how’s it going with your new family?”  “OK,” I said.  She probed deeper&#8230; definitely fishing for gossip.  She asked me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Memories are You Creating for Your Children?</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/05/what-memories-are-you-creating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/05/what-memories-are-you-creating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 15:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class reunion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[different culture today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[families then and now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growing up in Berkeley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high school memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[significance of memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepcoupling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepmoms raising children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Susan Wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stepcoupling.com/?p=545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I spent four days in the Bay Area at my high school reunion.  What a trip!!  My school was a small girls school with 45 graduating in our class.  Six have passed away.  Twenty-two of us showed up. There was one formal event but many opportunities to be with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Your Baggage Will Meet You At Your Next Destination</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/04/your-baggage-will-meet-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/04/your-baggage-will-meet-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[baggage from past]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blended family conflicts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child rearing as stepcouple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children growing up in blended families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication as a stepcouple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curiosity and respect in stepcouple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with exes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family of origin issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage as first priority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepcoupling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepfamily journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unresolved Emotional Issues in stepcoupling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was my husband’s birthday.  As always we had the kids and grandchildren over for dinner. This birthday party was particularly nice.  Beautiful day.  Potluck so everyone brought goodies.  It was peaceful and fun &#8211; no fights or hurt feelings. (This may be a first!)   Grandkids played with their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Shopping for a Partner?  Control Your Impulses.</title>
		<link>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/04/shopping-for-a-partner-control-your-impulses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stepcoupling.com/2010/04/shopping-for-a-partner-control-your-impulses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wisdom</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[avoiding marriage failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing a partner impulsively]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing poorly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[falling in love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucky ones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remarriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepcouple partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepcoupling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepdads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stepmoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stepcoupling.com/?p=514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been in a store and seen an outfit that you just have to have.  It’s sexy, gorgeous, your favorite color&#8230; and perfect for the party this weekend.   You want to be a knockout!  You try it on.  It’s not a perfect fit and it’s really not your [...]]]></description>
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