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• 159 The 3-Step Guide to Navigating Hard Feelings in Your Blended Family

  What do you do with feelings like anger, jealousy, hurt, or rejection in your blended family? Listen to Ron Deal’s conversation with Dr. Alison Cook, who offers a three-step process to work through hard feelings and find healing and hope for your journey. Show Notes and Resources Register for Blended & Blessed Look for blended ministries and events in your area. Learn about Dr. Alison, get her books, and listen to her podcast. Listen to the show on grief with Diane Fromme Support FamilyLife Blended with a gift. Blended resources See cru.org/us/en/about/privacy FamilyLife’s Privacy Policy

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• 158 Prodigal Parents: Rebuilding Relationships with Children and Not Losing Your Influence

  Parenting a prodigal creates pain and helplessness as we seek to navigate difficult relationships. Listen to Ron Deal’s conversation with Judy Douglass, a prodigal parent, on how to tenderly manage these tenuous relationships while staying calm, present, and patient in rebuilding a relationship on their terms. Douglass and Deal discuss the Prodigal Son story in Luke and the parallels with our prodigals in opening our arms to them when appropriate but not chasing or threatening in any way with our behavior. We move toward the goal of gaining influence as we patiently work to bring back love and trust in our relationships. Show Notes and Resources Make plans to join us at Blended & Blessed! Judy's podcast with Ron Judy's podcast: When You Love a Prodigal Order your copy of When You Love a Prodigal See cru.org/us/en/about/privacy FamilyLife’s Privacy Policy

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• 157 "I see you": Creating Community for Brown & Black Blended Families

  Cheryl Shumake wants to reach brown & black blended families with brown & black voices. She & Clifton Howard talk with Ron Deal about her new ministry, Sawubona, which means “I see you” & its goal to break through the barriers with culture-informed spaces Show Notes and Resources Watch Blended & Blessed from anywhere in the world! Join us on the 2026 Love Like You Mean It Cruise Learn more about Cheryl Sawubona Ministries Send a tax deductible gift Ron's upcoming events Blended Small Group Ministry Map See cru.org/us/en/about/privacy FamilyLife’s Privacy Policy

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• 156 Playing Hurt: A Guy’s Strategy for a Winning Marriage

  What does the apostle Paul mean in Philippians 2:4 when he says, “Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others?” How do we apply that to marriage, and to relationships in a blended family?In this podcast episode, Ron Deal talks with Brian Goins, author of Playing Hurt, A Guy’s Strategy for a Winning Marriage, about taking care of our own needs and always being mindful of the needs of our spouse. Goins explains that marriage is about finding the motivation and resolve to stay in the game despite the pain and calls husbands to be the heroes they long to be--men who play hurt in order to win at marriage. Show Notes and Resources Get Ron's new book: The Mindful Marriage Get Brian's book: Playing Hurt Check out Brain, Heart, World Order The Art of Marriage Send a tax deductible gift of support Register for Blended & Blessed See cru.org/us/en/about/privacy FamilyLife’s Privacy Policy

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• 155 A New Year, An Improved Self, A Better Marriage

  Do you think your marriage could improve if your spouse were different? Is it easier to look at their faults instead of considering your own? In this podcast episode, Ron Deal talks with co-authors of his new book, The Mindful Marriage: Create Your Best Relationship Through Understanding and Managing Yourself. Terry and Sharon Hargraves and Nan Deal share how the book can help couples understand their part of marital distress, why they react the way they do, how to be more empowered constructively, and how to cultivate more loving and harmonious relationships as they understand themselves better and learn to relate to their partner as a companion. Show Notes and Resources Small Group Searchable Map Email us for your chance to win a signed copy of The Mindful Marriage. [email protected] Get your copy of The Mindful Marriage The Mindful Marriage Conference Register for Blended & Blessed See cru.org/us/en/about/privacy FamilyLife’s Privacy Policy

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