Dear Valued Users,
It's with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of StepTalk.org on August 31st, 2025.
This decision wasn't an easy one. For over twenty years, StepTalk has been a source of support for stepparents around the world! However, over the years, the costs associated with maintaining and upgrading the site to remain secure, meet current standards and maintain availability have become unsustainable.
We are incredibly grateful for your support, contributions and the community you've helped us build. Your engagement has made StepTalk.org a special place and we cherish the memories and connections made here.
We would especially like to thank Aniki for volunteering to be a moderator and for caring so much.
Thank you for being a part of our journey and we wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Dawn and The StepTalk Team
Hey Sammi, Level 4: The
Hey Sammi,
Level 4: The deep truthful ones are about living my life with more authenticity and honesty; working on my kindness and empathy with my mother; responding with less judgement to SO; support and demonstrate love to my biokid every day; walking the path of my own integrity ... Go to Church more. Spiritual practice. Journaling. Trying to reconnect with that aspect of my life.
Level 3: Train/ride my horses 4x/week. Gym 4x/wk ... eat clean/healthy
(which I do not know how to do ... just had boy-child hold the door open so that I could carry my last "healthy" soup out to the trashcan. Thank God for Colorado cool nights. I thought one of the cats pooped in the kitchen. Nope. My healthy soup. LMAO.)
Level 2: Show more kindness to SGD-13. Demonstrate more kindness to ex-DH as he wanders through his next divorce from my boy's SM.(Summon more compassion ... nah, can't go there for SD-31... she's a sociopath/addict, self-diagnosed bipolar excuse for poor behavior. ) Provide more positive experiences with SGS --- enriching their environment.
Level 1: Actually post more of the blogs that I write.
Indigo: You are ambitious!
Indigo: You are ambitious!
Level 4: You sound like a very caring person and have lots of love to pass around.
Level 3: You must be in great physical condition!
Level 2: You are again spreading compassion and love here; don't forget to be true to yourself also.
Level 1: I would like to read your post, looking forward to it.
There is always room to
There is always room to readjust your goals; just doing something is good!
My NY Resolution for 2017 is
My NY Resolution for 2017 is to go to Bali.
Sounds like a wonderful plan!
Sounds like a wonderful plan!
mine is - not to make any
mine is - not to make any .......
Yep!
Yep!
New years resolutions:
New years resolutions: 2017
Set goals and take action to meet them.
focus on myself rather than the pain of Skids
disengage.
Setting the goals is easy;
Setting the goals is easy; taking action to meet them is very rewarding. Taking care of yourself is good and definitely stay disengaged.
Stay disengaged and let it
Stay disengaged and let it take up less space in my mind, though I am much improved, given quite a bit of help from my ST friends!
If you stay happy, they
If you stay happy, they wonder what you up to. Drives them nuts!
Great advise from my veteran
Great advise from my veteran friend Sammi, indeed. I keep trying to " stay the course."