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Need New Year's
Housecleaning, Author Says
Free Stepparenting Ebook Offered
The new year: a time for parties, parades, and pigskin. Karon Phillips Goodman, a best-selling stepparenting author, says it’s also a time for housecleaning. She recommends that stepparents begin 2003 by throwing away relics of the past, including:
- Jealousy – Stop resenting the kids’ relationships with their other parent, or your spouse’s relationship with an ex. Focus instead on building bonds within your family.
- Pettiness – Look past little annoyances that may lead to arguments and hurt feelings. Let go of things that aren’t worth fighting over.
- Temper – Get rid of short fuses. Goodman recommends that stepparents count to 10—or 46 or 5,012, if needed—then speak quietly and lovingly.
- Indecision – Commit to your family, and other decisions will follow. “Making the choice that helps your family grow is always the right decision,” says Goodman.
- Grudges – Holding a grudge won’t change the person you’re angry with, but it will change you—for the worse. You can’t heal when you’re holding onto anger.
- Hurry – Along with the 2002 calendar, stepparents should throw out their timetable for becoming a “real” family. “Blending can’t be hurried,” Goodman advises. “Just let each day unfold and enjoy the opportunities it presents. That takes the pressure off everyone.”
Goodman is
offering a free eighty-page ebook, “The Stepmom’s Sideroom and Other
Favorite Stories,” a collection of her advice for stepparents. For a copy,
send a blank email to stepmom@karongoodman.com.
Karon Phillips Goodman is the author of
“The Stepmom’s Guide to Simplifying Your Life” and the best-selling ebook
“It’s Not My Stepkids—It’s Their Mom!”, both available from
EquiLibrium Press, www.equipress.com, toll-free:
877-357-7377 (orders only).
Journalists:
To request an author interview or receive a media kit or review copy of any of
Goodman’s books, please call Susan Goland at (310) 204-3290; fax: (310)
204-3550; reviewers@equipress.com.