This book represents a personal and professional journey that I have dealt with personally with my family and have helped others work through professionally. I myself, like millions of people around the world struggle with blending a healthy family unit. This book is hopefully one of the first steps you take to succeed where so many have failed before you. This book is meant to be a guide on your family's journey into overcoming your struggles to have a healthy blended or stepfamily unit, where structure, emotional support, teamwork, and a strong sense of belonging and love is present. This will build stability, resiliency, courage, and motivation that will enable your family to grow and go confidently in all areas of life experiences that unstable or single-family units may struggle. The goal is to support your family in better understanding and overcoming dysfunctional behaviors, attitudes, and parenting styles that ultimately lead to the family ending. By the end of this process, my hope is for you to be on the pathway to healing and strengthening your blended/stepfamily. Having this insight will hopefully help you better manage and process any additional traumatic or anxiety-inducing experiences, help you build healthier calming, and coping skills, decrease family and life stress, while increasing your love and connection, and, most importantly, prepare you for the best family.
