10CBF: A Podcast for Blended Families

Michelle Watson Canfield, PhD, LPC, is a national speaker, author, professional counselor of 24 years, and founder of The Abba Project, a nine-month group forum for dads whose daughters are in their teens and twenties...and she's straight-up awesome!!! She writes guest articles for various online and print journals and magazines, hosts her own radio show/podcast called The Dad Whisperer, and she and her husband Dr. Ken Canfield are soon going to re-launch the Father-Daughter Summit and a Let's Talk curriculum for dads of daughters. We had such a great time chatting today about blended families and her work with dads of daughters. Recently married for the first time, she just realized that she is part of a blended family tribe of twenty-four (24!!)! Michelle shared with us wisdom from her family and from her work, and she gave us numerous immediately practical strategies for helping build better relationships between dads and daughters. We discussed a variety of books and resources that she recommends (links below!), we shared some laughs, and she even graced us with a song at the end (in addition to everything else, she has a great voice and has been a worship leader for years). Michelle has written two books that are specifically aimed at helping improve communication and connectedness between fathers and daughters, and they're both going on my Christmas list! Below are some of the quotes from the episodes as well as links to her work and to the various resources that were mentioned during the interview. Be sure to connect with her, reach out to her, and go get a copy of her books! Contact Information: Email: drmichellewatson@gmail.com Office Phone: 503.244.6160 Website: drmichellewatson.com Podcast: The Dad Whisperer Facebook: www.facebook.com/drmichellewatson Instagram: michellejwatson Twitter: @mwatsonphd Let's Talk: Conversation Starters for Dads and Daughters Dad, Here's What I Really Need From You: A Guide for Connecting With Your Daughter's Heart Other Resources: Love and Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs Blessing of the Father ministry with Pastor Ed Tandy McGlassen

Mae l'ovannen! Welcome to the 10CBF Community, and thanks for joining me for this inaugural episode of 10CBF: A Podcast for Blended Families! In this episode you'll learn about: 1) the 2 Pillars for Blended Families 2) the 5 Discussions Every Blended Family Needs to Have 3) the 10 Commandments of Blended Family Life Be sure to check out the blended family resources listed below and also come and connect with me on social media. http://familylifeblended.com/ https://www.familylife.com/familylifeblended/blended-families/ https://www.christianbook.com/stepfamily-healthy-family-revised-expanded-edition/ron-deal/9780764212062/pd/212062 https://gilandbrenda.com/restored-remarried/ If you'd like a free copy of my Complete Blended Family Toolkit, just email me at joel@joelwhawbaker.com or send me a message on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joel.w.hawbaker/               Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelwhawbaker/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoelWHawbaker                                     LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-w-hawbaker-9421a077/ Also, for more information about blended families and the work I do, please check out the following websites: http://joelwhawbaker.com/ https://reallifeleading.com/ http://stepdadding.com/

Tuniscia Okeke is a mom and stepmom, an international speaker, the author of 'The Empowered Stepmom', and just an all-around amazing human being. She shares today about her experiences with blended families, both personally and professionally. She tells us about the importance of forgiveness as well as the necessity of sometimes just minding our own business. She tells an amazing story about her family and its journey, and she shares some powerful nuggets of blended family wisdom. You can find her at https://www.forgivenesslifestyle.com/, and you can find her book at https://www.amazon.com/EMPOWERED-STEPMOTHER-Thrive-Harmoniously-Blended/dp/0578425009. You can also connect with her on social media at https://www.facebook.com/blendingour.love.7 and at https://www.instagram.com/forgiveness_lifestyle/ . Be sure to go and follow Tunisca to be both challenged and encouraged! As always, you can get a free copy of my Complete Blended Family Toolkit by emailing me at joel@joelwhawbaker.com, and you can check out more of my blended family work at https://reallifeleading.com/blended-families, at http://joelwhawbaker.com/, and at http://stepdadding.com/. Full bio for Tuniscia: Tuniscia Okeke is the CEO and Founder of Blending Our Love, Inc.™️, and Creator of The Forgiveness Lifestyle Movement. A global keynote speaker and transformational coach to executive women in Fortune 500 companies and business owners. She’s the author of a #1 Amazon bestseller Empowered Stepmother: Grow, Glow, and Thrive Harmoniously In Your Blended Family, and host of an international vlog “Tea with Tuniscia O,” where she interviews celebrities and influencers and shares secrets to success for keeping a positive mindset to accomplish goals amid all adversities. From speaking at Tony Robbins’ “Date with Destiny,” and “Unleash the Power Within” to speaking, training and coaching students in Paraguay, South America with John Maxwell in addition to training businesswomen in Nigeria on, “How to Build Wealth through Forgiveness,” her infectious personality and passion to motivate, inspire and empower mothers is her guiding light. One of her favorite interviews was with Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts and Toure Roberts on how they successfully blended their family. Her passion and mission to empower billions of mothers around the globe to transform their pain into paychecks through healing and forgiveness which is what birthed the global talk tour, “A Time to Heal Motherhood.” Which was in three continents (Africa, North America and Europe) in 2019. As a result of the strategies, techniques and heartfelt work provided to empower mothers and stepmothers around the world, tens of thousands have had mindset shifts to go from suffering in silence to thriving harmoniously while owning their brilliance within their marriages, families (traditional and blended), and businesses. She’s an avid reader whose most creative thoughts occur while in “couch potato mode.” As a wife and mother of three children, two of whom are adults, Tuniscia’s most cherished moments are family time together at home or on vacation, a hot pepper eating contest, making up new funny songs or movie night. Spending quality time with her deliciously handsome husband is by far her favorite extracurricular activity. “When women come together, we can heal anything.” -Tuniscia Okeke

Mae lo'vannen! Welcome and well-met! In this episode, you're in for a treat because my wife joined me behind the microphone! She was kind enough to interview me (so we avoided a Gollum-like situation, with me conversing with myself), and then she really was gracious because she allowed me to interview her (she's a super-introvert, so I'm thrilled she agreed to do this; plus, she NAILED it)!  We share some of our experiences as bio-parent (me) and stepparent (her) and talked about some of our favorite memories as well as things we've struggled with, looking at differences even within the same household. I apologized for being presumptuous at one point (because I've never been a stepparent), and we also laughed a lot (which is pretty normal for us). This episode followed the pattern that most future episodes will follow in being an interview format, with questions and responses, along with follow-ups and general conversation about the topic at hand. Maryellyn shared some excellent wisdom about being a stepparent, and I am already excited about trying to get her to join me again on a future episode. I hope you enjoy listening to this one as much as we enjoyed recording it, and be sure to join us for the next episode where we'll begin doing interviews with other guest experts! Below you'll find links to some of the resources we mentioned as well as social media links if you want to connect with either of us.  Ron Deal and his ministry http://familylifeblended.com/ Gil and Brenda Stuart https://gilandbrenda.com/restored-remarried/ Tuniscia Okeke (The Empowered Stepmom) https://www.forgivenesslifestyle.com/products/empowered-stepmother-book Sarah Pendleton https://www.journeyclinicalservices.com/ Mike and Kim Anderson https://www.mikeandkimcoaching.com/ Jay and Esther Hutchinson https://thisbighouse.com/ If you'd like a free copy of my Complete Blended Family Toolkit, just email me at joel@joelwhawbaker.com or send me a message on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joel.w.hawbaker/                   https://www.facebook.com/maryellyn.fenn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelwhawbaker/                https://www.instagram.com/mellyn_lord/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoelWHawbaker                                     LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-w-hawbaker-9421a077/ Also, for more information about blended families and the work I do, please check out the following websites: http://joelwhawbaker.com/ https://reallifeleading.com/ http://stepdadding.com/

Mae lo'vannen! Welcome and well-met! In this second episode of 10CBF: A Podcast for Blended Families, I take some time to share my blended family story, beginning with my parents' divorce when I was in middle school, through my first marriage, my divorce, and then my remarriage back in 2014. I share some insights and stories about what caused my mindset to shift, and I also share some of what I've learned about blended families. Thanks for joining me on this journey, and I hope that you are encouraged, challenged, and inspired by what you hear! If you'd like a free copy of my Complete Blended Family Toolkit, just email me at joel@joelwhawbaker.com or send me a message on social media. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joel.w.hawbaker/               Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelwhawbaker/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoelWHawbaker                                     LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-w-hawbaker-9421a077/ Also, for more information about blended families and the work I do, please check out the following websites: http://joelwhawbaker.com/ https://reallifeleading.com/ http://stepdadding.com/

Welcome to 10CBF: A Podcast for Blended Families! In this special preview episode, you'll learn a bit about your host Joel, as well as what the podcast structure will be like. You'll hear key words and phrases that will be used repeatedly throughout the show, and you'll also learn what you can expect from future episodes once they go live beginning on 11/1/2020. Thanks for joining the 10CBF community, and we hope you're ready to learn, laugh, and be encouraged about your blended family!