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Tag Archives: Surviving holidays with family
Step Siblings, Blood Siblings- Will it Be a :Summer Family Reuinion or Family Meeting
Did those step siblings who entered your life when Mom divorced Dad and married again, destroy your warm family nest? Continue reading
Posted in adult sibling rivalry, dysfuntional family, extended family, family meeting, Holiday with siblings, Sibling Forgivenss, sibling rivalry, Step Siblings, summer family reunion
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Celebrate Father’s Day Without Siblings Drama and Drunks
If you live long distance and come in for father’s day , how to make the trip worth it for you and Dad. Start with- don’t stay with an sibling you don’t like. Try a motel or airbnb- they have places in very town your Dad might live. Continue reading
Eight Tips For Father’s Day Celebrations To Keep It Sibling Stress Free
It is a party not a family meeting. If you want to talk about personal issues, make a date to get together with your angry sister/brother. Continue reading
PTSD Sibling Post Holiday Therapy Needed?Take This Test.
If the main villain in the family tragedy is a sibling or step sibling – here’s a post holiday quiz to see if you need help. Continue reading
Posted in dysfuntional family, extended family, half siblings, Holiday with siblings, holidays, Sibling Forgivenss, Step Siblings, Uncategorized
Tagged blood brother, Christmas, Cinderella, divorce. step-mother", family rules, half-siblings, Inception, max, midlife siblings, post-holidays, sibing relationship, sibling rivalry, step-sibling, stepsiblings, Surviving holidays with family, ugly step sister, Where the Wild Things Are
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Have Post Holiday Blues About Fractured Family Rules?
Want to make a New Year’s resolution to change the rules that put you through such annual misery? Continue reading
The Weather Outside Is Frightful for Dysfunctional Families
If you’re in a dysfunctional family or suspect you might be – cheer yourself up by watching other people’s pain. Go to the movies . Continue reading
Dr. Convicted over Jackson’s Death-Siblings Support After Death
As the judge sentenced Dr. Murray for his role in the singer’s fatal overdose, he called it “money-for-medicine madness.” Continue reading
Are You An Estranged Sibling and Want to Change That?
Did you plan NOT spend Thanksgiving with your sibling & wonder why ? Find out if you are a “listless” sibling – don’t see your sibling very much- or at all -and don’t know why. Continue reading
Posted in brother, Holiday with siblings, sisters, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
Tagged blood brother, Christmas, Cinderella, divorce. step-mother", Estranged Siblings, family rules, half-siblings, Inception, max, midlife siblings, NPR Siblings Series, redemption, sibing relationship, step-sibling, Surviving holidays with family, thanksgiving, ugly step sister, Where the Wild Things Are
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Step Siblings on Thanksgiving-aging remarried parents
Late-life remarriage can bring challenges to your existing stepbrother or sister relationship through these almost menopausal stepparents and stepsiblings. You and your on hand siblings may be feel like punching each other, like the midlife Super Mario Brothers Continue reading
