# Season 9: Episode 6: Making Mistakes & Finding Your Purpose as a Stepmom, with guest Nancy

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Podcast: [Radical Stepmoms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-stepmoms-665876)
Published: 2026-07-01T13:15:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radicalstepmoms/episodes/Season-9-Episode-6-Making-Mistakes--Finding-Your-Purpose-as-a-Stepmom--with-guest-Nancy-e3lgi0s
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Duration seconds: 3473

## Resource

Christina welcomes Nancy, a poet by trade and a stepmom in life. As a newer stepmom, Nancy chats all the layers of finding your identity, dealing with societal pushback and grieving the firsts. What “mistakes” do all stepmoms have to make in order to find their footing? How do you find your purpose? Nancy shares a few poems from her new book, “Confessions of a New Stepmom” and encourages all stepmoms to find their outlet and their community. Listen in! About My Guest: Nancy Sage is a poet who writes about the feelings and often unspoken realities of stepmotherhood—love, identity, and building a life that doesn’t follow a traditional script.Her new book, “Confessions of a New Stepmom,” is out now! She previously published “The Anatomy of a Heartbreak.” @nancysage.poetry (Instagram and TikTok) Nancysagepoetry.com Pencilxpaper.com/nancysage So much more than a podcast!!! Follow along on ⁠Instagram⁠ Need some support? ⁠Schedule with Christina!⁠ ⁠Become a Member⁠ and hang with other stepmoms! ⁠www.radicalstepmomspodcast.com⁠

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