The Blended and Step Family Newsletter

December, 2010

 In this month’s Newsletter:

• Winners of the Holiday Contest for Blended and Step Families
• Getting Through the Holidays and still keep your sanity
• December Special:  The Holiday Survival Package

Winners of The Holiday Contest for Blended and Step Families!

Congratulations to the San Souci Family, the Castillo Family and the Rincon-Vasquez Family.  Their names were drawn as winners in our Holiday contest. Each winner has a choice of a copy of Blended Family Advice, a Holiday Survival package or a 25 minute telephone coaching session to answer one of their holiday questions.  Click here to go to the holiday page and see some of the photo entries. We have a great group of blended and step families!

Holiday Articles and Questions:

Our holiday page has a great selection of guest articles to help you through the holidays.  There's also a section where you can submit your holiday questions and I will answer them. We appreciate the support of our guest article writers:

• Surviving the Holidays as a Single Parent- Guest article by R.J. Jaramillo
• Home for the Holidays -Guest article by Johnny Tan
• Celebrating the Holidays without the Kids- Guest article by R.J. Jaramillo
• Tips For Your Best Ever Holidays- Guest article by Paul Banas
• Beat the Holiday Stress- Guest article by Paul Banas
• Celebrating Christmas in a Divorced or Blended Family -Guest article by Patty Moyes
• Children and Loss:  When Holidays Trigger Grief (Psychology Today)

December Discount Offer- $10 off The Holiday Survival Package!

The Holiday Survival Package includes:

• 36 page ebook, Blended Family Holiday Guide 
• Podcast for your Ex-Spouse (I will send them the link anonymously, or you have permission to send them the podcast yourself)
• 2 page holiday letter to your relatives, explaining about gift-giving, treating children and stepchildren equally, and basically understanding what a blended family or step family is to them

This offer is good until December 19th (6pm Eastern) so hurry and get your Holiday Survival Package today. Click here for more information.

Have a wonderful holiday season~

Shirley

Shirley Cress Dudley, MA LPC NCC

Director of The Blended and Step Family Resource Center, Charlotte North Carolina

Shirley@BlendedFamilyAdvice.com

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