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Episode 6: Stepmum or servant?

Shayna, a stepmum to two boys, talks to psychotherapist Claire Asherson-Bartram about how she is struggling to establish her role in her blended family.

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Episode 1: Cilla Appeaning, Founder of The Stepmums' Club

Special bonus first episode: Stepfamilies navigating life during Coronavirus

In this special first episode, Rachel Silver talks to Cilla Appeaning, stepmum, mum and founder of The Stepmums' Club about the impact of the Coronavirus on her family and also her advice to other stepfamilies at this unprecedented time. Cilla started The Stepmums' Club to try and rewrite the narrative of stepmothers in society whilst normalising the conversation of blended families.

This episode was recorded remotely and not in a studio which has slightly affected the sound quality of the episode.

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Step Life Trailer

In this new original podcast, Rachel Silver, a stepmother herself, speaks to stepfamilies about their family situations with contributions from a psychotherapist who specialises in working with blended families. Other guests in the series include a family lawyer and a co-parenting coach.

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