Rob Bugh talks about the importance of self-control in blended families. He tells about how a lack of self-control caused great regret in the early years of his new marriage.

If you want to love someone well, be a gentle-servant.

How do you sift through the murky waters of lawyers, legalities and loss while parenting your children? Ron Deal talks with Willie and Rachel Scott about their perspective and how God walked them through their individual stories of custody matters.

In biological families, when a husband and wife move toward each other, they bring their children with them.

Does your childhood, or previous relationships, ever creep into your current ones? If you've ever noticed that certain themes tend to repeat in our relationships you are not alone. Ron Deal is talking with USA-Today Best-selling author Tricia Goyer.

Really? Jesus learned obedience?

What if your stepdaughter is "the other woman"?

They just don't get it, Ron. Stepfamilies are not the same.

A pre-nup. You want us to do a pre-nup?

Do you want to start a fight in a stepfamily with adult kids? Just start talking about money.

What good is a trust without trust?

To make a friend, be gentle-respectful.

In stepfamilies, be gentle and respectful.

Do you want to be strong? Be gentle-strong.

Hey, we respect you enough to give it to you straight.

Rodney and Lisa Webb share their difficult blended journey, as counselor and therapist Helen Wheeler and blended family expert Ron Deal speak wisdom.

Are you so bold as to insult God?

So, what's your bias?

Today a word of caution about ambition.

Some people are easy to love; others...not so much.

Do you know what intestacy is?

Betrayal in marriage can be devastating. Kyle and Sheri Keffer have both experienced betrayal in previous marriages and have seen how the effects can carry over into a new marriage. They join Ron to discuss what betrayal can do to a person, the shame that sexual betrayal can produce, and how they're finding healing.

No, you don't judge a book by its cover. Or a family for that matter.

Michele Cushatt has experienced divorce, blended family life, adoption, and is a three time cancer survivor. In this episode Michele and Ron discuss the unexpected journey of her life and the hard work of parenting hurting kids.

What would you do if the night before your wedding one of your children comes to you and says, "Please don't get married tomorrow?" On this episode, Mike and Kim Anderson discuss how they handled that as well as how they dealt with losing their daughter to her biological father's control.

How do you give grace to a teenager? To a stepteenager, at that? And, how do you give each other grace as parents, when it comes to how they react to your teenager? Ron discusses these questions and more with Randy and Gayla Grace.

Parenting is difficult, but when you add divorce, the challenge multiplies. Navigating even the most routine parental responsibilites can become difficult. This episode brings help and hope to parents who may be struggling.

Got a strained family relationship? Maybe it's time you wrote them a tribute.

Can you imagine? Telling a parent to abandon their child?

For some couples, no matter how much they try, the venom and vitriol of a former spouse drowns out all reason and compromise. Rodney and Lisa Webb, and counselor and therapist Helen Wheeler share their difficult journey.