Marriage - 1happystepmom https://1happystepmom.com Changing the lives of Stepmoms Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:52:48 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://1happystepmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1-happy-stepmom_Logo_Final-08.png Marriage - 1happystepmom https://1happystepmom.com 32 32 Start With You https://1happystepmom.com/steps-to-create-a-successful-plan-for-the-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=steps-to-create-a-successful-plan-for-the-future https://1happystepmom.com/steps-to-create-a-successful-plan-for-the-future/#respond Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:00:19 +0000 http://themes.themegoods.com/dotlife/demo/?p=203 Amazing stepmamas I was so excited about sharing this topic with you. It is life changing! No family is the […]

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Amazing stepmamas I was so excited about sharing this topic with you. It is life changing! No family is the same, no partner, child(ren) or YOU is like anyone else in the world. Do you have a stepmom roadmap? If not, I am challenging you to consider what your roadmap would entail, what do you dream about, what makes you excited and ready to do everyday, what keeps you feeling stuck or frustrated? These questions are just starters to help you get thinking about your story. Let’s explore five key reasons why a roadmap is your individual tool for resilience and positive action, unveiling the superhero within you.

  1. Tailored to Your Values: Your stepmom roadmap is not a one-size-fits-all guide; it’s uniquely crafted around your core values. By aligning your actions with what truly matters to you, you tap into a wellspring of inner strength that propels you forward with purpose.
  2. Defines Your Purpose: Consider your roadmap as the treasure map leading to your stepmom purpose. Defining this purpose is your superpower – it’s the driving force behind your actions, guiding you to create a lasting impact within your blended family.
  3. Fueling Self-Awareness: Your roadmap is the mirror reflecting your strengths, triggers, and emotional landscape. Embracing this self-awareness is akin to activating your stepmom superpower. It empowers you to navigate challenges thoughtfully, contributing to healthier, more resilient relationships.
  4. Boundary-Setting Mastery: Clear boundaries are the shields that protect your well-being. Your roadmap equips you with the skills to establish and communicate these boundaries effectively. Consider it your superhero armor, allowing you to thrive while maintaining harmony within your family dynamic.
  5. Self-Care Empowerment: Consider self-care your ultimate stepmom superpower. Your personalized roadmap features a section dedicated to self-care, providing you with the tools to nurture your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. This empowerment ensures you show up as the superhero your family needs.

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You don’t have to be a marriage counselor to know that love is mysterious. And by mysterious I mean frustrating, joyful, heartbreaking, and breathtakingly, soul-stealingly gorgeous — all at the same time. Love breaks your door down and romantically sweeps you up, whether you want it or not. Love can prod you into fury, into agony, and into elation — sometimes all in the same day. When you’re in love you feel like you’re living in a perfect dream.

And then it can steal away as mysteriously as it came. You come home one day from grocery shopping to find that the passion’s paled into a wisp; Your once enchanting lover is now ignoring you in favor of obsessively scrolling through twitter, leaving fingernail clippings on the coffee table, and responding in distracted grunts.

What the heck happens to us? Why are we attracted to opposites, until they make us crazy? Why do we obsess over our beloved? Why does romantic love fade even as our attachment gets stronger? Why can anti-depressants totally change your relationship? What can we possibly do to keep love from withering in the boredom and banality of life?

Most marriage counselors and relationship coaches didn’t know the answer either, until Dr. Helen Fisher came along to flip the lights on and illuminate the mysterious nature of love.

Understanding Romantic Love

Through decades of research as a biological anthropologist, Dr. Fisher has uncovered the ancient secrets of love. (As in, monkey-brain ancient). Her groundbreaking work has revealed just how old, powerful, and biologically-based romantic love is through brain-image scanning.

For example, the drive for love lives in the same part of your brain as the drive for water and warmth. You know how, when you’ve been in love, it’s totally consumed you? You’re not imagining it: She’s shown that your brain is actually wired that way. Why do you feel like you’re going crazy when you break up, or when your attachment is threatened? Because romantic love has a lot in common with drug addiction.

There’s more: Through her work with Match.com and Chemistry.com Dr. Fisher has collected data from literally millions of people, and shown how your biologically based personality style determines your ideal lover. She has also helped us understand the biological basis of sex and love addiction, and the mechanisms at work in love, lust, and attachment. Her research pioneered new insights around how to de-mystify the love experience, and how to intentionally keep it alive for the long haul.

She’s given TED talks, written books, published articles in peer-reviewed journals: And now she’s here talking to you, on the Love, Happiness and Success Podcast.

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