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VeronikaDurham Mums in Business & Time Management With Kirsty Kayn – Her Happy Life Academy In my first interview with Kirsty ‘Mums in business’ we talked about being a mum and starting or already running your own business. Kirsty shared the story behind starting her own business Her happy life academy and much more. In this week episode, we focused on time management and making your business prio...

VeronikaDurham Screen & Bedtime with Parenting Coach Isobel Mary Champion Two BIG topics these days! Screen time and bedtime can cause a lot of stress in any family that’s why I invented parenting coach Isobel Mary Champion to talk about how to create a healthy balance & relationship with ‘screens’ and how to make bedtime as peaceful and easy as possible. Stepmums, does co-sleeping with […] Veroni...

VeronikaDurham Stepmum what are you scared of? I asked you on IG what are you scared of when it comes to your blended family and got some interesting answers I’m addressing in this week episode.   Also, I talk about three main things we are scared of as stepmums  – Making mistakes  – Upsetting or hurting someone  – Being a stand for yourself […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Stepmum & Pregnancy With no so long before the baby boy hopefully safely arrives I would like to share with you my pregnancy journey as a stepmum.   I’m talking about my triggers, why I hate the bio mum label, how my stepdaughter reacted to the news and what how we deal with everything as a blended family.  Book […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Masculine & Feminine Energy With Kirsty Kayn – Her Happy Life Academy KIRSTY IS BACK!!! Kirsty is a badass business coach and founder of Her Happy Life Academy! She helps mums make 4-Figure WEEKS their new normal as high performing women in business. After our first episode we did a few months back we decided to talk more about masculine and feminine energy – what these energies are...

VeronikaDurham TOP 5 MISTAKES – STEPMUM & THE EX RELATIONSHIP I’ve made so many mistakes as a new stepmum and I see other stepmums still making these mistakes and it’s absolutely normal as being a stepmum is a learning roller coaster. But we need to learn from our mistakes and even better learn from the mistakes others did so we can make our lives easier. […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Sex & Relationship Education with Beckie – What’s the debate? Sex and relationship education can be very tricky for parents and stepparent. When do we start talking to the kids about it? What am I going to say if I don’t know the answer? What if my partner and I have different opinions on sex education? Am I allowed to talk to my stepchildren about […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Resentment – 5 Steps to let it go! Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die! This may sound like a total cliché but that is exactly what resentment is! You are effectively giving control of your feelings to others. Plus, they don’t even know about it! Isn’t this the worst? Trust me, I’ve been there! I had […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Mums in Business with Kirsty Kayn – Her Happy Life Academy In this week week episode I’m talking to Kirsty Kayn, founder Her happy life academy. Kirsty’s mission is to guide mums to build an incredible business online while supporting them on the quest to self discovery + reaching their highest level of happiness. We had a great chat about her journey of an independent mum, […] Vero...

VeronikaDurham How To Get The Ex Out Of Your Head Every single stepmum struggle with this! I’ve never heard a stepmum to say ‘I don’t think of his ex at all’. We let the ex to take a big part of our minds and here are my tips on how I went from having her in my head 24/7 (plus in very toxic way) to […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Build and Preserve Healthy Boundaries For Yourself In this week episode I’m talking about how and why I created healthy boundaries for myself. I explain what boundaries are, how we create them, what basic type of boundaries we have and how they impact us and our relationships. I share with you how you can restore them or build from a scratch. Trust me […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Dur...

VeronikaDurham My 5 Favourite Communication Tips & Tools During the lockdown, you might spend more time with your partner than usually and it may be challenging. I often hear stepmums and my clients saying ‘Every time we get into an argument he tells me – You don’t love my children!’ It’s like a slap in the face, isn’t?  Trust me I was there […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Karalee Katsambanis – Step Parenting with Purpose everything you wanted to know but you were too afraid to ask In this week episode, I’m talking to Karalee Katsambanis, the author of Step Parenting with Purpose everything you wanted to know but you were too afraid to ask. 15 years ago Karalee did but couldn’t find a book which tackled the real nitty-gritty and awkward questions she...

VeronikaDurham Being a Stepmum With Jane In this week episode, I talk to Jane, founder of Support Our Stepmums. SOS is a private IG account that supports and celebrate our Stepmum. We chat about our experiences, stepmum meltdowns and what was the reason behind creating Support Our Stepmums.  I would like to send a big thank you to all stepmums that shared with […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Real Stuff & People with Megan In this week episode, I did my very first interview with a single mum! I met Megan on her Instagram Sober Story after I decided to go sober in December 2019.  Megan is a great guest to have and talk to! She is honest, doesn’t hold back and is happy to share her journey, struggles […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Boundaries, tantrums, rules, respect and lying I might need to do a few follow up episodes on this one as it’s such a big topic. I’m sharing my story, experiences and tools on how to deal with all of these.   I’ll definitely do an episode on boundaries in relationships with adults soon as you’ve been asking for it.  Are you struggling […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Real Stuff & People with Gavin I couldn’t ask for a better first guest on my podcast! Gavin is a dad and stepdad living here in the UK. We could talk for hours, well we kind of did, about getting a divorce, starting over as a single dad and blending two families with his girlfriend Amy. They are a blended family […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Stepmum burnout and guilt Ok, this is a long one, but I could talk about stepmum burnout and guilt for hours. People say  ‘Just step back’ but this is easier said than done. I share my story, tips, tools, personal and professional experience on how to limit stepmum burnouts and get rid of stepmum guilt. Book a FREE consultation: […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Being the second wife When things got serious with Mr K he was still in the process of divorcing his ex-wife so the second wife stigma began hitting me hard and lasted for some time. I never thought I’d marry a guy who was married before and who had a child.  I couldn’t stop thinking that our wedding won’t […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Bad Habits part one The first episode of 2020 and I’m not holding back! Are you ready for an honest and raw conversation about our bad habits? BTW this episode is for everyone not only for stepmums. The bad habits that made part one are:  – labelling/diagnosing/calling people xyz – lack of empathy – toxic behaviour – hiding & […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Purpose, Vision, Goals & Actions This week I share tips, tools, when I went wrong when it comes to motivation and setting my goals and what works for me. learn about:  – effectively reflect on the current year – how to plan the next year and many more – motivation, vision boards or to-do lists are not for everyone/or don’t […] VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham

VeronikaDurham Christmas vs Stepmum Welcome to the first episode where I share a few stories, tips and tools from her eBook ‘How to not to survive Christmas’ IG @step.in.mum Book a complimentary session HERE VeronikaDurham Veronika Durham