Blended, Blessed & Always A Mess

We would love to hear from you!!! Have you ever had fear take over your life and paralyze you? Have you ever questioned your faith? Does uncertainty scare you? Well, you are not alone! Tune into this episode as we dive into our faith and fear battle. We laugh and cry on this episode—all the feels. Thanks for Listening, Love, Aric & Angie Website: www.blendedblessedalwaysamess.com Tiktok: www.t...

We would love to hear from you!!! "No" can be a tricky word to say. We have both struggled to say no to people, events, work, and kids. Sometimes life throws unimaginable curveballs that force you with no other option than to say No. Tune in as we discuss how to say no, when to say yes, and the value each of those simple words brings! Thanks for listening! Love, Aric & Angie P.S. Som...

We would love to hear from you!!! Angie has requested this podcast topic for quite some time. Although Aric is not sure he feels qualified to share his thoughts, he sure shows up for all of us with grit and determination to be a strong Dad and Husband. At the end of the day, that is what matters! So here we go...we hope this helps some dads and husbands! One request, if you are enjoying our podcas...

We would love to hear from you!!! We continue to find that it is incredibly important to surround yourself with people who will walk with you thru life by following Jesus... In this week's episode, we visit with Heather Pettey, the author of "Keep It Simple, Sarah" and The Life Coach BFF Show Podcast. Heather talks to us about building your Fire in the Rain as you face adversity!  A...

We would love to hear from you!!! This week we reflect on some hard and raw realizations of things no one tells you about losing a child... No longer fearing death...the unexpected PTSD...legitimate physical pain that your body endures... It's a lot...and we hope it helps some of you as we lean into our Faith in Jesus... Thanks for listening, Love, Aric & Angie Website: www.blendedblessed...

We would love to hear from you!!! Grab your family and tune into this episode! We truly believe that for any of us to survive and thrive that we need to surround ourselves with good people... Someone that Aric has surrounded himself with in the last year is his trainer Michael Egnew. He pushes him and the kids to have a POSITIVE mindset every time they work out. Michael has lived one of the more d...

We would love to hear from you!!! We've never planned a Celebration of Life...so obviously getting it right for our Beautiful Hallie was incredibly important. Thanks to Angie's sisters and besties...it couldn't have been a more perfect day! In this episode, we reflect on a day that filled our hearts with friendship, love, and remembering Hallie. Thanks for listening and keeping our...

We would love to hear from you!!! Every week we deal with a whirlwind of emotions. Some days an emotion is stronger than others. This week, anger has been at the forefront.  A wise man was asked, "What is Anger?" He gave a beautiful answer. It's a punishment we give to ourselves for somebody else's mistake. And that's exactly what it feels like to us.  Listen to this week&...

We would love to hear from you!!! Did you know that Grief is the only emotion that you have to voluntarily choose to go thru? Perhaps that's why SOOOO many people choose NOT to grieve... We can honestly tell you that we are TRYING to walk thru the grief process and in this episode we talk about ways to grieve that might work for you... Is it ever really good grief?  We're not sure...but...

We would love to hear from you!!! God’s grace and the special signs that Hallie is more than ok gets us through the darkest of times. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were incredibly difficult.  We received two incredibly amazing signs; one during church on Christmas Eve and one on Christmas Day. As humans, we are incredibly limited in our understanding and perception. Only through God’s grace can...

We would love to hear from you!!! The last thing Hallie said to us was "Don't worry about me Mama, I'm going to be OK".  While things have been incredibly heavy and we are filled with sadness, God has been good to us in that He's given us many signs that Hallie is with Him in Heaven... The signs give us hope and keep us moving forward every day, no matter how difficult.  I...

We would love to hear from you!!! Merry Christmas, If we're being 100% honest this doesn't feel like Christmas in our home...we are surrounded by sadness...missing Hallie more than we can explain... And yet the meaning of Christmas is the one reason we can hold onto Hope of seeing Hallie again one day...that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was born as a child...so that he could one day...

We would love to hear from you!!! Thank you to everyone who has reached out and offered condolences as The Crew walks thru this unbelievably complex and life-changing set of circumstances. The pain is unimaginable. Yet, "The sun will still rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it's here is up to us. Journey wisely". Season 2 of Blended, Blessed, and Alwa...

We would love to hear from you!!! As many of you know I've been on Today's Best Country Clear 99 for most of the last 25 years... So I couldn't go back on the air without be real and authentic (like Hallie) and share with our listeners why I've been off the air and what our family has been going thru... Angie and I will do an entire Episode dedicated to Hallie and the light tha...

We would love to hear from you!!! This episode should have aired one week ago...BUT God had other plans... 5 Minutes before uploading this episode about narcissism ...God had other plans... Our world was changed forever when we got the phone call that our daughter Hallie (oldest Crew Member) had been involved in a tragic accident...why?  Because God had other plans... This past Tuesday, November 2...

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...