Stepfamily Success with Gloria Lintermans

Gloria Lintermans is the author of The Secrets to Stepfamily Success: Revolutionary Tools to Create a Blended Family of Support and Respect. In this 50-minute conversation from 2010, Gloria speaks with Lynn Thompson about her revolutionary tools for the complexities of stepfamilies and blended families. Her mission is to help families evolve into highly nurturing, reliable refuges of warmth, safety, encouragement, strength, caring, and joy. Step and blended families have a unique dynamic with which couples must cope, along with all the other normal challenges of life and marriage. You will read about how these families differ in up to sixty structural and dynamic ways from typical intact biological families (including consisting of two co-parenting homes and ex-spouses) and learn how to successfully recognize and manage these challenges.

Gloria Lintermans is an author and freelance writer. A former syndicated fashion columnist, her popular column, "Looking Great," appeared in English and Spanish language newspapers across the U.S. from Hawaii to New York, and worldwide from Saudi Arabia to South America.

Music for The On Purpose Podcast (Living on Purpose) with thanks to Black Fedora, Sneaky Jazz.