Heidi Farrell is a certified Marriage and Stepfamily Life Coach. She works with individuals, couples, and kids through the challenges of communication, boundary-setting, emotional regulation, and parenting differences. After walking through her own struggles as a stepmom, combined with adding three of her own children, Heidi started her blog at NotJustaStepmom.com. She has a coaching office in Kearney, Nebraska, where she offers in-person or Zoom options. She also offers weekend coaching intensives for couples who are serious about making deep, meaningful changes in one impactful weekend. Heidi has been married to Tim for 15 years. Her two stepkids are now in their 20s, and her “ours” children are 14, 12, and 10. You can find out more about Heidi and her coaching at HeidiFarrellCoaching.com. Look for her eBook about adding an “ours baby” to a stepfamily on her website, and her upcoming book, entitled “Unexpected Stepmom.”
Stepparenting is one of the most emotionally complex roles a person can step into. You’re entering a family system that existed before you. Attachment theory gives us a framework to understand why this role can activate so much within us — and how we can grow through it rather than be consumed by it.
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