Released on: September 23, 2008, 2:18 am

Press Release Author: Blended-Families.com

Industry: Healthcare

Press Release Summary: Younger couples with kids, who remarry, face the various
blended family stressors which tend to dilute the energy of the adult relationship
and leave little time for the couple to nurture each other. In their groundbreaking
book, Step Wars, Grace Gabe, M.D. and Jean Lipman-Blumen, Ph.D. describe and explain
the five common anger issues which affect the dynamics of the adult stepfamily.

Press Release Body: Adult stepfamilies face multitude of real and identifiable
relationship issues and problems between adult stepchildren, their parents and
stepparents. Dr. Gabe and Dr. Lipman-Blumen, in their groundbreaking book, Step
Wars: Overcoming the Perils and Making Peace in Adult Stepfamilies, have identified
five common anger issues, described as the Five Furies, that surprisingly, both the
parental couple and adult children share.

Blended-Families.com “Ask the Expert” series has invited Grace Gabe and Jean
Lipman-Blumen for an interview on Tuesday, September 30, 9 pm EST. Dr. Gave and
Prof. Lippman-Blumen will share that although these basic fears and concerns are
important factors in stepparent relationships, there are opposing views about who
causes the problems.

Dr. Grace Gabe is Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry
and Neurology. Her lifelong interest in psychological development led to researching
and writing about couples who reunite after many years of separation, which became a
cover story for Psychology Today and was featured on national TV. Dr. Jean
Lipman-Blumen holds the Thornton F. Bradshaw Chair in Public Policy and also serves
as Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito
Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.


About Blended-Families.com

Blended-Families.com, sponsor of the “Ask The Experts” series for step parents, was
founded by marriage and family therapist Emily Bouchard in 2003. Emily, whose first
experience as a step parent was learning to deal with two teenage stepdaughters, has
a Masters in Social Work and enjoys helping step parents overcome the same hurdles
she experienced. Her step parenting tips newsletter, StepHeroes, has attracted
nearly 6,500 subscribers worldwide. Bouchard is the author of several ebooks
including her most popular, “Conquering Conflict”. She is joined in her work at
Blended-Families.com by two other experienced parenting and relationship coaches,
Sheena Berg and Yvonne Kelly.

Web Site: http://www.blended-families.com/

Contact Details: Contact

Jesse Fisher, Managing Member
Blended-Families.com, LLC
801-423-6426
jfisher @ blended-families.com