Stepparents, if you're feeling stressed out and frazzled, please know that you're allowed to TAKE. A STEP. BACK. Burning yourself out only makes it that much harder to stay grounded and sane. Two things you kinda sorta really need if you wanna to keep your head above water while you're blending your family!
We live in a culture that glorifies pushing ahead at all costs, ignoring our own needs in an effort to “succeed,” and pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. None of this is sustainable in a blended family, which really needs to be treated more like training for a marathon: you’ve got to pace yourself.
17 Coping Tips for Managing Overwhelming Stepparenting Emotions
I used to think I was the only stepparent who struggled in this role. Which also made me feel like the worst human ever. But after many years of talking to thousands of stepparents, turns out it's super normal for stepparenting to be way harder than you expected! This list of coping tips for emotional overwhelm includes many of the practices I used myself to get my head above water again. xo
A burned-out stepparent isn’t doing their family (or themselves!) any favors. Take a break if you need one, folks. And if you need support along the way, we have an awesome community here on Substack for our paid subscribers, along with a ton of resources to help make this stepparenting thing as painless as possible. Or at least, to help you survive with most of your sanity intact. We’d love to have you. xo
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