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Step-stress at the Holidays–Be Flexible

with Ron Deal | December 19, 2023
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Here's another tip for managing step-stress at the holidays. Be flexible.

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  • Ron Deal

    Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

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    Ron Deal

    Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more

Here’s another tip for managing step-stress at the holidays. Be flexible.

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Step-stress at the Holidays–Be Flexible

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December 19, 2023
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Ron: Here’s another tip for managing step-stress at the holidays. Be flexible.

Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.

Ron: This tip is especially important for newly formed stepfamilies because everyone has their ideas about what to serve at Thanksgiving and how to decorate for Christmas. You didn’t realize how firmly you held to your traditions until somebody else wants to change things, and that’s when people get stubborn. What do you mean eat ham at Thanksgiving? That’s not how we do it around here.

Being flexible means that you keep some traditions but you’re willing to modify, combine, or completely drop others. All while trying to invent new traditions for your new family. This is going to take awhile. Be patient. Be humble. Be flexible. And you’ll get there. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.

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