Welcome to the Bonus Chapters
for the book:
"Stepmoms on a Mission:
A Compassionate Exploration to Find
Answers, Options and Hope"

Welcome Dear Stepmom!

Additional New Chapters

1. Honoring and Supporting Feelings of Sadness
2. Understanding Emotional Resistance Why You May Resist Increasing Your Self-Awareness
3. Your Three States of Consciousness (Brief Explanation)
4. The Personal Growth Process. Why It’s Painful in the Short Run and Still Worth it
5. Six Sample Situations for Disarming Defensiveness between You and Your Partner
6. Twenty-Three Tips for the Partner of a Stepmom

Follow-up Discussions About Chapters from the Book

7. Honoring vs. Shaming Your Feelings (Follow-up to Chapter 2)
8. Boundaries vs. Blockages (Follow-up to Chapter 4)
9. Over-Giving (Follow-up to Chapter 10)
10. His Kids: His Call (Follow-up to Chapter 19)
11. Supporting your Partner through Divorce Guilt and Fears (Follow-up to Chapter 25)
12. When Stepkids Manipulate Their Father (or Try) (Follow-up to Section Five)
13. The “Stop Trying So Hard and Start Lovingly Ignoring Your Stepkids” Plan (Follow-up to Chapter 31)
14. Sounds About Right (Follow-up to Chapter 32)
15. When Bio-mom Won’t Get Along (Follow-up to Chapter 33)
16. Feeling Hatred and Hating It! (Follow-up to Chapter 34)
17. Raging at the Injustice of Bio-mom Actions (Follow-up to Section Six)

For as a reminder: Note that all contributors’ names have been replaced with “SMOM1, SMOM2…” to protect their privacy.