Blended

By Kate Ferdinand

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Episodes: 95

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Hosted by Kate Ferdinand and co-host Priscilla Appeaning and Nathalie Homles - Lewis. This podcast is a celebration of blended families - exploring the stories of relationships bound by love, no matter what their circumstances are. Covering subjects such as second marriages, divorce, parenting, life after loss, step kids, co-parenting, fostering and (not-so-wicked!) stepmothers,

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Episode Date
Christmas Special: How Do You Manage Exes, Money and Boundaries?
Dec 17, 2025
When You’re With Someone With Kids: Do You Have to Be a Stepparent?
Oct 29, 2025
Snoochie Shy: Can You Involve Step-Parents Without Causing Tension?
Oct 22, 2025
When Your Parents Reject Your Stepkid: Should You Set Boundaries With Family?
Oct 15, 2025
Rio Ferdinand Is Back! How Will His Older Kids Feel?
Oct 08, 2025
When His Mum Still Sees the Ex: Is It Jealousy or Just Reality?
Oct 01, 2025
Rickie Haywood-Williams: How Do You Cope When You Don't Live With Your Child?
Sep 24, 2025
When He Won’t Take In His Daughter’s Sister: Would You Let a Child Go Into Care?
Sep 17, 2025
Jessica May: Life After Betrayal, Co-Parenting and Boundaries
Sep 10, 2025
When Mum Comes Back: Why Is My Stepson Changing Towards Me?
Sep 03, 2025
Joel Beya: He Won’t Let Me Meet the Ex — Is It a Red Flag?
Aug 27, 2025
Inside the Blended Podcast Group Chat: Outrage, Viral Moments & Heated Debates
Aug 20, 2025
Sayce Holmes-Lewis: Why Does His Ex Still Get So Much of Him?
Aug 13, 2025
Losing Them Too: Why Breakups Can Feel Like Bereavement for Step-Parents
Aug 06, 2025
Nieki Shaw Breaks Down The Law: What Legal Rights Do Stepparents Really Have?
Jul 30, 2025
Setting Values Without Setting Off Your Partner: Can You Really Avoid Offence?
Jul 23, 2025
Jamelia Joins Blended: Can You Be Happy If the Kids Don’t Click?
Jul 16, 2025
I Love Being a Stepmum: But I Still Want My Own Baby
Jul 09, 2025
Rio Ferdinand Is Back: How Do You Support A Solo Parent?
Jul 02, 2025
Discipline Disagreements: Should Stepparents Have a Say?
Jun 25, 2025
Ashley John-Baptiste: From Foster Care to Fatherhood
Jun 18, 2025
The Father’s Day Special: The Husbands Takeover
Jun 11, 2025
Growing Up Without Dad: How Our Childhoods Still Shape Us
Jun 04, 2025
Left Out Of The Big Moments: How Do You Handle Being Excluded?
May 28, 2025
Money, Power & Blended Families: Are You Paying Without a Say?
May 21, 2025
Loving Bio Kids and Step Kids the Same: Is It Possible?
May 14, 2025
Staying Together After the Break-Up: Can You Separate Without Shattering the Family?
May 07, 2025
Different Homes, Different Rules: Does It Confuse the Kids?
Apr 30, 2025
Rio Ferdinand Brings a Male Perspective: My Child or My Marriage?
Apr 23, 2025
Stepmum Pressure: Parenting Without Biological Kids
Apr 16, 2025
Photo Fallout: Did the Stepmum Go Too Far Or Was the Mother-in-Law Stirring The Pot?
Apr 09, 2025
The Big Introduction: Should My Ex’s Opinion Affect My Timing?
Apr 02, 2025
The Blended podcast is back!
Apr 01, 2025
A Look Into My World: Welcome Home, Baby Shae!
Oct 11, 2023
A Look Into My World: My Final Baby Prep and My Favourite Blended Moments
Jun 28, 2023
The Realities of IVF with Vicky Pattison
Jun 21, 2023
Becoming Blended Through Displacement with Waad Al-Kateab
Jun 14, 2023
A Look Into My World: Busy Weeks, Baby Prep and Answering Your Questions!
Jun 07, 2023
What To Do If Your Blended Family Doesn’t Work Out With Nevine Coutry
May 31, 2023
Social Media For Children & Managing Trauma with Psychotherapist Louis Weinstock
May 24, 2023
A Look Into My World: Q&A with Rio
May 17, 2023
Introducing… The Motherkind Podcast
May 11, 2023
A Look Into My World: Releasing my Blended Books!
May 10, 2023
Learning to Parent in Your ’Second Life’ With Grace Victory
May 03, 2023
A Look Into My World: Holidays, Hospitals & Baby Brain
Apr 27, 2023
Advice from Dr Martha's Talking Sense Podcast
Apr 26, 2023
Growing Up with Foster Siblings and Becoming a Single Mother with Lydia Bright
Apr 19, 2023
Blending Families Harmoniously and Co-Parenting with Rickie Haywood-Williams & Natalie Harman
Apr 12, 2023
Blending a Family from Rio Ferdinand's Perspective
Apr 05, 2023
Leaning Into Joy While Managing the Fear, Navigating Pregnancy After Loss
Mar 29, 2023
Planning Solo Parenthood with Liv Thorne
Mar 22, 2023
A Look into My World: Rio and I Reflect On Mother’s Day
Mar 17, 2023
Taking Time for Yourself to Benefit Your Family; Advice from Emily Samuel
Mar 15, 2023
Why Everybody’s 'Normal' is Different with Lisa Timoney
Mar 08, 2023
A Look into My World: Rio and I Reveal our Baby’s Gender
Mar 01, 2023
The Importance of Embracing Heritage with Adrienne Herbert
Feb 22, 2023
The Rewarding Reality of Fostering with Caz and Britney
Feb 15, 2023
Roxie Nafousi Opens Up on How To Form a Positive Co-Parenting Relationship
Feb 08, 2023
How Loss Shaped My Blended Family with Emily Dean
Feb 01, 2023
A Look into My World: A Personal Update
Jan 30, 2023
How to Effectively Engage With Your Children with Dr Martha Deiros Collado
Jan 25, 2023
BONUS: How I've Created New Traditions in a Blended Family
Dec 21, 2022
BONUS: Managing the Expectations of Christmas with Emily Samuel
Dec 19, 2022
Navigating the world as a 'childless stepmum' with Alex Willumsen
Dec 14, 2022
BONUS: Tips for dealing with grief and loss during the festive season with Ann Chalmers
Dec 12, 2022
How being raised by a single mum has shaped me as a father with Babatunde Aléshé
Dec 07, 2022
BONUS: Lisa Doodson Answers Your Christmas Questions
Dec 05, 2022
Starting a family at 16 years old with Chloe Patton
Nov 30, 2022
My Sister was our Surrogate with Brian Dowling
Nov 23, 2022
Embracing Imposter Syndrome as a Step-Parent with Fearne Cotton
Nov 16, 2022
Does being a Step-Parent get easier over time? with Lynsey Hipgrave
Nov 09, 2022
Blending Biological and Foster Families with Jimmy Akingbola
Nov 02, 2022
Fatherhood in a Blended family with Bodé Aboderin
Oct 26, 2022
Domestic Abuse with Phoenix Brown
Oct 19, 2022
Black Mums Upfront with Carina White, Natalie Duvall, and Nana-Adwoa Mbeutcha
Oct 12, 2022
Advice for Baby Loss Awareness Week
Oct 10, 2022
Estrangement with Robyn Donaldson
Oct 05, 2022
Blended Families & Cultures with Ellie & Sonia Prohan
Sep 28, 2022
Life After Loss… Breaking the stigma of Baby Loss with Zoe Clark-Coates
Sep 21, 2022
Opening Up About Miscarriage
Sep 21, 2022
Co-Parenting with Krept and Sasha Ellese
Jun 21, 2022
Father’s Day Special
Jun 15, 2022
How To Be a Happy Stepparent With Professor Lisa Doodson
Jun 08, 2022
Preparing for Loss with Steve Bland
Jun 01, 2022
Dope Black Dads with Marvyn Harrison
May 25, 2022
30 years of Fostering with Debbie Bright
May 18, 2022
Choosing your family with Rochelle Humes
May 11, 2022
Meeting your child with Saira Khan
May 04, 2022
Not So Wicked Stepmothers with Kim and Amelia
Apr 27, 2022
Navigating Double Grief with Lottie Tomlinson
Apr 20, 2022
Life in and after foster care with Ashley John-Baptiste
Apr 13, 2022
Love after Loss with Simon and Derrina Thomas
Apr 06, 2022
Every family has a story with Julia Samuel MBE
Mar 30, 2022
For anyone who finds Mother's Day difficult
Mar 23, 2022
Introducing Blended
Mar 10, 2022