Blended, Blessed & Always A Mess

We would love to hear from you!!! In this week's episode we were pleasantly surprised at some feedback we've been receiving lately about Chace at school... And in a very nice twist...he's really taking an interest in becoming a leader... This is a complete 180 from where this kid was 2+ years ago... We hope you enjoy learning more about his journey and can possibly apply it with you...

We would love to hear from you!!! If you've got kids in sports then you know how hard it is to sit down together for dinner... Everyone is coming and going so fast we need quick meals... In this episode we share some of our favorite recipes that we then re-purpose into other meals throughout the week... We also share tips on getting your kids to eat their fruits and veggies! Hope you enjoy! L...

We would love to hear from you!!! Hard to believe but we are less than 3 weeks away from Thanksgiving and less than 8 weeks from Christmas... The Holidays are hard no matter what...divorced or not...they are stressful! We decided to share some tips on things that work for us to help you cope and get thru the Holidays! Hopefully you have a wonderful Holiday Season! Love, Aric & Angie Support th...

We would love to hear from you!!! A few weeks back we shared the Enneagram test on the podcast and our results to better communicate with each other... We've thought it would be really cool if our kids took the test so we could also better interact with them... So...Hallie and Lexi volunteered and in this episode the girls have a LOT of fun sharing what they've learned... We all really b...

We would love to hear from you!!! What in the world is Mini Husband-Wife Syndrome?  And is it happening in your home and you don't even realize it?! We read an article about Mini Husband/Mini Wife Syndrome and were immediately aware we needed to tackle the topic in this week's episode! It should hopefully bring some awareness to the topic if you are dealing with it at home and some ways...

We would love to hear from you!!! Empathy is hard...why? Because it means we are sometimes swallowing our pride and removing selfish tendencies to realize that other people are going thru hard things too... With 6 kids and crazy jobs remembering why empathy is important is crucial to staying on the right track! We hope you can relate! Love, Aric & Angie Support the show

We would love to hear from you!!! In this week's episode of Blended, Blessed and Always a Mess we visit with our best friends Adam and Amber Addison... They too have a Blended Family and it hasn't always been easy...at times it's even been a little tornadic to steal a phrase from Adam... We love to celebrate success stories! Their hard work battled the turmoil and came out on the ot...

We would love to hear from you!!! We are super excited to dive deeper into what it means to create a Blended Family "Huddle". Angie helped put on an amazing women's event last week called Grit with Grace. The goal was to create a sense of connection and community for her customer base. It just so happened that the guest speaker, Brooke Baldwin, wrote a book called "Huddle"...

We would love to hear from you!!! In this week's episode we celebrate our 3rd anniversary of "becoming friends" on Facebook... To reflect on that we did an exercise that we think would benefit any couple...we reflected on three things that we love about the other person and then three things that we've brought into the other person's life... It definitely made us appreciat...

We would love to hear from you!!! No one has it 100% together all of the time...and we realized our communication has dipped the last several weeks... So...rather than build up walls and shut each other out we decided to dig our heels in and do some work...a little "Check Up from the Neck Up" if you will... We each took the Enneagram personality test to better figure out how to communica...

We would love to hear from you!!! We get asked A LOT...how do you co-parent with your ex's? Let's be honest...it's definitely a different kind of challenge for everyone... Overall we believe that we have a positive co-parenting relationship with all parties. In this episode, we share our do's and don'ts that we try to follow. Hopefully it can help you in your current situa...

We would love to hear from you!!! It took a lot of work but we finally convinced Carter and Sommer to be on the Podcast together!   They started a little shy but really came around for some good conversation! We hope you enjoy getting to know the final two members of the Crew! Love Aric & Angie Support the show

We would love to hear from you!!! After three incredible interviews, we thought we would take some time to bring you up to speed on the last four weeks of our home life... Many different things have been happening...including Aric calling the cops on one of the crew members.  Here's hoping that NEVER happens again LOL... I hope you enjoy it! Love, Aric & Angie Support the show

We would love to hear from you!!! In our very first 2 part episode we continue visiting with Counselor Lynn Roush... In this episode she breaks down the 3 Rules to break dsyfunction...by working thru these rules you can end years of cyclical dysfunction in your life and relationships! We hope you enjoy! Love, Aric & Angie Support the show

We would love to hear from you!!! We couldn't be more excited to share this week's episode of Blended, Blessed and Always A Mess with Licensed Counselor Lynn Roush... Lynn walks with us thru the difficulties of blending a family but also the path of HEALING that allows for parents and children to truly build a bond of trust that allows for the blending to work! This chat with Lynn was AM...

We would love to hear from you!!! Hey friends...it's Aric...And this episode hits me HARD... David and his Bonus-Dad Bill have provided a road map that we've followed as we go through the journey of blending our family.  The two of them worked hard for years to build a success story. And now we are sharing that with each and every one of you! You don't want to miss this "real t...

We would love to hear from you!!! Every crew member has a ROLE on this TEAM... But we understand sometimes it's hard to know what your role is and how you belong... This week we visit with our youngest Crew Member Dane to hear about the positives and negatives of joining this Blended Family! We hope Dane helps you in your journey with the youngest child in your family! Love, Aric & Angie...

We would love to hear from you!!! We aren't going to bore you with our family vacation BUT we also aren't going to lie and say it was easy-breezy... This year the Crew fought more than Angie and I were used to BUT we also realized some of it had to do with being away from each other for so long...at the end of our trip their were great memories and we just want to share how we dealt with...

We would love to hear from you!!! In this week's episode, we visited with Angie's mom and dad (Kenny and Alice Oligschlaeger) while we were on vacation with them... We talked about their 52 years of marriage...how they met...how it can be hard...raising LOTS of kids (they have 7) and what their secrets to staying together are! (5 Tips) They were SUPER nervous but definitely felt more com...

We would love to hear from you!!! In this episode, we decided to revisit the goals we set individually and as a couple for 2022. We need to hold each other accountable for our progress.  But let's be honest...that's scary AF and requires some vulnerability! So how do we help each other achieve our goals and not be a nag?  We did some research on this topic. We hope your family can utiliz...

We would love to hear from you!!! In today's episode we welcome our first remote guests to the Podcast... Kim and Dustin have a different story than mine and Angie's...Kim lost her husband to a battle with cancer...and so finding love again wasn't necessarily something she was looking for until her friendship with Dustin couldn't be ignored any longer...(it's a truly hilar...

We would love to hear from you!!! We are super excited about the amount of listeners we are reaching across the entire country!  Our goal when we started this podcast was to just help one family!   To know that we are helping many is incredibly rewarding and we feel so blessed! Today we answer some of your questions we've been getting via social media and the website! We hope you enjoy! Love...

We would love to hear from you!!! Keeping your family engaged is HARD!!!  And that goes for Nuclear and Blended Families!!! Angie convinced me to read this book called "Take Back Your Family" and we both absolutely LOVED IT!!! So...in this episode we do a little "book report" if you will...we discuss high points of the book and things we would like to start implementing with &q...

We would love to hear from you!!! People always ask...How do you do it?  Or they say...I bet your calendar is crazy! (And our calendar is CRAZY)... So in this episode we tried to detail just how crazy it is AND some of the life hacks we use to make our Blended, Blessed & Always A Mess life work... Update...we feel like the audio is a little off for Angie on this so we are working to fix that a...

We would love to hear from you!!! We have both done therapy...BUT...we came into it with different views and we realize that most people have very different views on therapy... In this episode, we talk about how/why it was helpful for us and how it can be helpful for you/your kids and others and shouldn't be seen as something filled with shame...it's a healthy avenue to live a better lif...