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.

Nicola, a mum to a teenage son talks about her relationship with her boyfriend, his 12 year old daughter who has Nonverbal autism and her birth mother.

In episode three of Step Life, Rachel Silver talks to Claire Asherson Bartram, a psychotherapist who specialises in working with stepfamilies. Claire talks about how and why she started to work with blended families and gives her advice on a number of common issues and how to deal with them.

Liz Matthews, founder of global communications and brand building agency LMPR talks about her blended family.

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.