Stepparenting advice for those who wish to create a rich and meaningful experience while helping to raise stepkids. This presentation covers mindfulness, self compassion, living according to your values and the importance of being supported by a group of individuals going through a similar experience.

2. The Stepparenting
Vision
…And Reality

3. Stepparenting Challenges
Life is messy!

4. Stepparenting Challenges
What if things don’t
change?

5. Stepparenting Challenges
1. Create a rich and fulfilling
stepparenting experience
2. Numb Out and live
unhappily ever after
3. Divorce, not learn anything
and repeat unhealthy
patterns

6. Stepparenting Challenges
Skillfulness
&
Changing Course

7. The Role of Supporter
Earning the word
“parent”

8. The Role of Supporter
How your
stepkids see you

9. The Role of Supporter
The challenge of
discipline

10. The Role of Supporter
The challenge of
wanting to be a Super
Step Parent

11. Values in Stepparenting
What do you truly want?

12. Values in Stepparenting
What do you really
want?

13. Values in Stepparenting
What you value is what
is meaningful to you

14. Values in Stepparenting
A Compass

15. Values in Stepparenting
The Value of
Kindness

16. Work to Support
Your Values
This is about you

17. Work to Support
Your Values
Really, this is about you
and not about changing
them

18. Work to Support
Your Values
The only person you
have some semblance
of control over

19. Work to Support
Your Values
The Value of Kindness

20. Work to Support
Your Values
What can I do to
support my values with
relation to my stepkids?

21. Mindfulness for Stepparents
Getting triggered
&
Getting Hijacked

22. Mindfulness for Stepparents
Habitual Patterns

23. Mindfulness for Stepparents
Going offline

24. Mindfulness for Stepparents
Living in the Moment

25. Mindfulness for Stepparents
Mindfulness helps:
 Stress
 Anxiety
 Concentration
 Attention
 Self-Awareness
 Well-Being

26. Mindfulness for Stepparents
Used by Millions!

27. Self-Compassion
Being Hypercritical of
Oneself

28. Self-Compassion
Self Criticism
&
Motivation

29. Self-Compassion
Be Kind to Yourself!

30. Get Support
Supercharge
Your Efforts

31. Get Support
Not Feeling Understood

32. Get Support
The Thirst for Feeling
Heard and Understood.

33. Get Support
The Benefits

34. Commit to Taking Action
It’s a Marathon…
Not a Sprint

35. Commit to Taking Action
Step-By-Step

36. Commit to Taking Action
Start Small

37. Commit to Taking Action
Don’t Go Overboard

38. Commit to Taking Action
Practice

39. Commit to Taking Action
Savor

40. Commit to Taking Action
Repeat

41. For the article this
presentation is based
on go to:
www.davidcjohnstone.com/stepparenting-advice-that-works