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No Guilt Mom | Overcoming Mom Guilt, Parenting Tips, & Self Care for Moms346: What Your Step Mom Friends Want You to Know with Cameron NormandBeing a stepmom is not for the faint of heart—and yet, no one hands you a guidebook when you join a blended family. Cameron Normand, founder of Step Family Solutions and host of The Stepmom Diaries podcast, is here to spill the truths most people won’t say out loud.In this episode, we’re tackling the unfiltered realities of stepmom life—why it’s way harder than you expected, the one mistake almost every new stepmom makes, and why society still gets stepmoms all wrong. Plus, Cameron shares the secret to keeping your sanity when things get...2025-02-2538 min
An Imperfectly Perfect Life - Life Unscripted: Navigating Divorce, Dating, Friendships, Careers, Family - and the 50sCameron Normand on Thriving in Blended FamiliesSend us a textBlended family life can present unexpected challenges, requiring compassion and communication. Through personal stories and expert insights, we explore the realities of stepfamily dynamics, emphasizing the importance of setting expectations and boundaries for a harmonious family life.• Common challenges faced by stepparents • Importance of realistic expectations in blended families • Navigating high-conflict relationships with ex-partners • Discussing finances and gift-giving in stepfamilies • Role of communication in fostering understanding • Strategies for managing relationships with adult children • Value of pre-marital stepfamily coaching • Resources available for stepfamilies • Conclusion on the journey of blended...2025-02-0532 min
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsFresh Take: Cameron Normand of "Stepfamily Solutions"How can a step-parent gain the trust of her kids as she becomes part of their family? Cameron Normand, founder of Stepfamily Solutions, discusses her own experience as a stepmom and offers some helpful takeaways for navigating stepfamily dynamics.Cameron and Margaret discuss:
The biggest misconception about stepfamily life
Cameron's top piece of advice for new stepmoms
How to deal with a stepchild or ex-spouse who is less than accepting
Here's where you can find Cameron:
stepfamilysolutions.com
@stepfamilysolutions on FB, IG, and TikTok
Listen to Cameron's podcast "The Stepmom Diaries"
2024-05-1734 min
Husband in LawEmails From The ExCameron met her forever partner when she was 40 and couldn’t wait to start their life together. But then, on their honeymoon, her partner started getting texts from the other woman, and she realized that maybe this wasn’t what she signed up for… It left her asking herself, where is the handbook for stepparents and co-parents?! And since there wasn’t one, she created the closest thing you could hope to find.Cameron Normand is CEO of Stepfamily Solutions and host of The Stepmom Diaries podcast.Through her coaching, courses, magazine, and summit, she has help...2024-04-2438 min
Hustle Like A Mother PodcastFrom Politics to Stepfamily Solutions: Leveraging Career Skills in Entrepreneurship with Cameron NormandStepparents listen up - this episode is for you! Come chat with Cameron as she shares how she went from a life in politics to running her own business after she became a stepmom and realized how little resources existed for her and her family. Listen in while we chat transitioning skills from corporate life to entrepreneurship, business growing pains and more. Find Cameron HERE! GET YOUR CONTENT STRATEGY STARTER FREEBIE!2024-03-0633 min
Co-Parenting with Confidence126. Building Healthy Stepfamilies with Cameron NormandWhen you think of a stepmom what comes up? Often it is either the evil stepmother from the Disney Stories or Carol Brady. Well on today’s podcast we're talking to Cameron Normand of Stepfamily Solutions who offers us a healthy and broader perspective. The conversation is an invitation to let go of the unhealthy expectations and shift our perspectives of what it means to be a stepmom and what a stepfamily could look like. Cameron Normand is CEO of Stepfamily Solutions and host of The Stepmom Diaries podcast. Through her coaching, podcast, ma...2024-03-0631 min
Let It Be Easy with Susie MooreNavigating The Intricacies Of Blended Families with Cameron NormandAre you diving head-first into the world of blended families? Join us as we untangle the complexities of this journey with our incredible guest, Cameron Normand, founder of Step Family Solutions and The Stepmom Diaries Podcast. From sharing her personal narrative of becoming a stepmom to four children to navigating the often intimidating realm of finances in a blended family, Cameron's experiences and insights are nothing short of enlightening. As a stepmom, she draws upon her journey to help us understand the often unspoken realities of stepfamilies - a crucial conversation, especially considering that 40% of American families are in...2023-10-0853 min
The Stepmom Diaries Podcast70. How To Navigate Stepfamily FinancesStepfamily finances and the issues around them are some of the most important but least talked about (at least in advance) landmines that must be navigated in a new blended family. When I met my husband, Craig, we talked about all kinds of things when we were planning to marry and move in together. But you know what we didn’t talk about? Stepfamily finances. We did sit down right around when we got engaged to go through each of our assets and debts. And we talked about our philosophy around debt…But that was about the exte...2023-09-0717 min
MAMA, You're Doing Great!™ | Real, Relatable Motherhood Situations, Advice & Encouragement for Mamas41 | The Stepmom, Bonus Parent, Blended Family Guide to Success w/ Cameron NormandCameron Normand is Founder of This Custom life and host of The Stepmom Diaries podcast, where she provides advice and tools to help stepmoms manage their blended family lives.She is also co-founder of The Stepmom Summit and co-CEO of Stepfamily Magazine. Cameron is a Certified Stepparent Coach, the creator of the BLENDED Family Formula For Stepmom Success, and author of The Stepmom’s Gratitude Journal.Today she is on the podcast to encourage and help blended families come together in the best way they know how, to be the best parents they can for th...2023-06-2730 min