Preparing to Blend, Ron L. Deal
Preparing to Blend, Ron L. Deal
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Preparing to Blend
The Couple's Guide to Becoming a Smart Stepfamily

Author: Ron L. Deal

Narrator: Derek Shoales

Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/12/2021


Synopsis

If you are considering remarriage and want to do everything you can to ensure a happy and fulfilling union, turn to Ron Deal and the Smart Stepfamily series.

This is the ideal book for engaged or pre-engaged couples who have at least one child from a previous relationship, offering premarital counsel about how to prepare to blend family relationships, parenting, finances, rituals, and daily routines for your new life together. You will be able to:

● become stepfamily smart

● predict common issues

You and your children will also benefit from exercises designed to accelerate family bonding and help you better understand each other—even plan your wedding with your children in mind—so that you can build a strong future together. If you want to enter a blended family marriage well, Preparing to Blend is just the book for you.

Marriage coaches, mentors, and pastors who feel overwhelmed by the complexity of blended family dynamics can use this as their primary premarital counseling tool. Armed with the sister book Preparing for Marriage (for first marriages) and this resource, you'll be prepared to equip every engaged couple for their life together.

About Ron L. Deal

Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is president of Smart Stepfamilies, directs the blended family ministry at FamilyLife, and is the author of more than a dozen books and resources, including the bestselling The Smart Stepfamily and Building Love Together in Blended Families (with Dr. Gary Chapman). Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the podcast FamilyLife Blended with Ron Deal. He and his wife, Nan, have been married since 1986 and have three boys.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nathan on October 19, 2021

[Note: This book was provided free of charge by Bethany House Publishing in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.] As someone who has read the author's material before [1], I have to say that this book somewhat surprised me with its downbeat perspective. If you are look......more

Goodreads review by Sue on September 14, 2021

Ron Deal has pulled together an indispensable, hope-filled, and practical resource guide to help couples who are marrying again build a strong and healthy blended family. Mr. Deal carefully and compassionately explains why “marrying someone means marrying not only their expanded, multi-household fam......more

Goodreads review by Candace on May 21, 2024

I read through this book first t see if I wanted to implement it. I like that it has actual exercises that are practical and can be implemented in order to facilitate growth. I am looking forward to going through it again this time putting the growth exercises into practice with my growing family.......more

Goodreads review by Jaycee on November 14, 2024

read for college class- easy to read and has good activities and responses!......more

Goodreads review by Tom Dodd on July 25, 2022

Wish I found this sooner We found Ron’s books a couple of years into our blended family journey. All are good but if you are just starting to consider forming a blended family this is a great place to start.......more