Blended Families

10 Tips To Boost Your Confidence In Any Relationship or Situation

Are you lacking in confidence? Do you need a confidence-boost prior to facing a particularly challenging person or situation? Employ one or more of these tips: 1. Be willing to take the risk. Start small. Remember previous occasions where going … Continue reading →

What Sudoku Can Teach Us About Solving Problems

I love doing Sudoku puzzles—the ones where you need to put numbers in those little squares to get a result? You can find them at your local bookstore, in the newspaper, and now on your iPhone. I do them on … Continue reading →

How The Kindness of a Stranger Created a Heart-Felt Vacation

When was the last time a stranger did or said something to you that impacted your day for the positive? Most of us will remember times when a stranger was rude or did something that was inappropriate, but we often forget about those positive moments … Continue reading →

Why Do We Wait? The Real Cost Of Not Getting The Help You Need

Every time I hear another stepfamily talking about going their separate ways, I cry inside because most of the time, people don’t get the help they need to put their marriage on track before it’s too late. We often spend … Continue reading →

How Do You Tend Your Garden?

One of the joys of summer for me is gardening, seeing flowers bloom and give off wonderful fragrances and seeing vegetables grow from seed to an something edible and nutritious. Gardening gives me an opportunity to nurture and care for … Continue reading →

Conflict—do you deal with it or run from it?

Conflict is everywhere. We are faced with it in every aspect of our lives, and stepfamilies seem to have more than their share. Conflict in itself is not bad. It’s how we deal with it that is often the problem. … Continue reading →

Re-energizing your Steprelationship

Relationships don’t just happen, they are created. It requires couples to work at it and it takes energy. It’s part of the commitment we make when we come together. The honeymoon period helps couples adapt to merging two individual lives … Continue reading →

Cooking Anna and Kristina’s Grocery Bag Style – A Show On OWN

OWN Network’s, Anna & Kristina’s Grocery Bag, is one of my favorite shows. This is’nt your typical cooking show; Anna & Kristina are NOT professional chefs. I love them because they actually cook like I do! You’ll see them make … Continue reading →

ON AIR – Me!

June 24, I get to read a devotion I’ve written on air. The link to listen is www.kfuo.org Paul Clayton the host will also be asking me questions about the book I co-authored. We’re Not Blended, We’re Pureed–A Survivor’s Guide … Continue reading →

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Blended Families An Anthology by Valerie L. Coleman

Don’t Just Survive – Thrive! Eight Tips for Stepfamilies

With divorce, single-parent households and family crises on the rise, many people are experiencing the tumultuous dynamics of blended or stepfamilies. National statistics indicate that the divorce rate for first marriages is fifty percent. That rate increases to more than … Continue reading →

Blended Families

10 Tips To Boost Your Confidence In Any Relationship or Situation

What Sudoku Can Teach Us About Solving Problems

How The Kindness of a Stranger Created a Heart-Felt Vacation

Why Do We Wait? The Real Cost Of Not Getting The Help You Need

How Do You Tend Your Garden?

Conflict—do you deal with it or run from it?

Re-energizing your Steprelationship

Cooking Anna and Kristina’s Grocery Bag Style – A Show On OWN

ON AIR – Me!

Don’t Just Survive – Thrive! Eight Tips for Stepfamilies

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