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3 Tips to Creating A Better Relationship With
Your Stepchildwww.DavidCJohnstone.comA New Way To Stepparent
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What Do You Do If They Don’t Like
You?
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Do You Feel Guilty Because You
Haven’t Been Able To Generate Real
Love For Them Yet?
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How Do You Improve This
Dynamic?
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Start Slowly and Set Achievable Goals
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Having A Wonderful Vision
Vs
Being Idealistic
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How Possible Is It To Love Instantly?
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Not Very…
Imagine telling yourself to love
someone you meet for the first time…
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It’s Going To Take A Little Time
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It’s Going To Take A Little Patience
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What if they
don’t like you?
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You can’t blame them
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Your Stepchildren’sView Of Things
You are a threat
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Your Stepchildren’sView Of Things
You are an invader
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Your Stepchildren’sView Of Things
You are trying to take over their
bio parent’s role
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Your Stepchildren’sView Of Things
You are preventing their bio parents from falling back in love and getting
back together again.
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Your Stepchildren’sView Of Things
You are a threat
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Your Stepchildren’sView Of Things
None of the above is likely true, but for
them it is real
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How Most Stepparents
Sabotage Their Relationships
Perfection and the Super Stepparent
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How Most Stepparents
Sabotage Their Relationships
Striving for thePerfect Family
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How Most Stepparents
Sabotage Their Relationships
Perfect Discipline
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How Most Stepparents
Sabotage Their Relationships
Perfect Home
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How Most Stepparents
Sabotage Their Relationships
Perfect Love
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How Most Stepparents
Sabotage Their Relationships
Stop
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How Most Stepparents
Sabotage Their Relationships
Relax
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How Most Stepparents
Sabotage Their Relationships
Start Slowly
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How Most Stepparents
Sabotage Their Relationships
Get To Know Them
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Get To Know Them
What are they interested in? How can you support their
interests? How can you develop a
friend/mentor/ally type of relationship with them?
What kind of skillful generosity can you practice with them?
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DeepeningYour Relationship
Look For Ways To Have Fun With
Them!
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DeepeningYour Relationship
Don’t Go Overboard
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DeepeningYour Relationship
Let Them Dictate The Speed Of The
Developing Relationship
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DeepeningYour Relationship
Don’t Go Overboard
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DeepeningYour Relationship
Let Them Control How Fast Or Slow To
Develop The Relationship
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DeepeningYour Relationship
Don’t Be A Threat
Tell Them You Are Not Looking To Replace Their
Bio Parent
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How To Discipline
Relax!
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DeepeningYour Relationship
Take OnA Supporting Role
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DeepeningYour Relationship
Don’t Go Overboard
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If You FeelLike An Outsider
Relax
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DeepeningYour Relationship
Engage
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DeepeningYour Relationship
Be YourNumber One
Supporter
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Self Compassion
The Alternative to Beating Yourself Up
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Self Compassion
Defined
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Self Compassion
Supported by Science Based
Research
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Self Compassion
BenefitsIncreases in MotivationImprovement in Happiness
Reductions in Stress
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Self Compassion
The EssentialsSelf KindnessAcknowledge/Accept Common Humanity
Mindfulness
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For the article this presentation is based on go to:
www.davidcjohnstone.com/stepparent-relationships/