{"podcast":{"title":"Dear Young Married Couple","slug":"dear-young-married-couple-264923","podcast_index_feed_id":264923,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/dearyoungmarriedcouple","website_url":"dearyoungmarriedcouple.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c36aedaa-156d-11ec-a9a6-9b0aceb32b85/image/12264860-405F-4021-83BD-E6A3AF11818E.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Adam & Karissa King","episode_count":346,"summary":"Marriage Counselors, Adam King, MA, and Karissa King, MA, talk with couples, pastors, and therapists about strengthening your marriage as a busy couple. From communication and finances to parenting, building trust, and cultivating godly desire and intimacy in the bedroom, this podcast equips you with tools to deepen your connection and create a thriving marriage.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-young-married-couple-264923"},"episode":{"title":"Blended Family Discipline (Why “Bio Parent Only” Can Backfire) w/ Leading Expert Ron Deal, LMFT","slug":"blended-family-discipline-why-bio-parent-only-can-backfire-w-leading-expert-ron-deal-lmft","published_at":"2026-01-13T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-young-married-couple-264923/blended-family-discipline-why-bio-parent-only-can-backfire-w-leading-expert-ron-deal-lmft","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-young-married-couple-264923","url":"https://swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL6253443972.mp3?updated=1768417989","audio_url":"https://swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL6253443972.mp3?updated=1768417989","summary":"💛🥘 When you picture a blended family, do you picture a blender spinning a whole bunch of ingredients together for a couple minutes until they're well-combined? Plot twist: blended families are less like a blender and more like a crock pot. Each vegetable/meat cooks at different frequencies and it takes a whole lot longer than a blender until the meal is complete. In this episode, we sit down with Ron Deal of FamilyLife Blended to talk aboutwhy blended families are built in a crockpot, not a blender, how fear from past relationships quietly sabotages trust, and what it really looks like to support your marriage while parenting kids with history, opinions, and loyalty binds. Are you rushing closeness that can only come with time? Are you expecting roles that haven’t been earned yet? This conversation will reframe how you see progress, conflict, and hope in a blended family - and remind you that slow doesn’t mean broken, it means wise. Resources: Family Life Blended: https://www.familylife.com/familylifeblended/blended-families/ Counseling w/ Adam & Karissa: https://www.dearyoungmarriedcouple.com/counseling The Mindful Marriage Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mindful-marriage-breaking-cycles-and/id1066959663?i=1000733826467 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"💛🥘 When you picture a blended family, do you picture a blender spinning a whole bunch of ingredients together for a couple minutes until they're well-comb…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3294,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dear-young-married-couple-264923/episodes/blended-family-discipline-why-bio-parent-only-can-backfire-w-leading-expert-ron-deal-lmft/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-young-married-couple-264923/blended-family-discipline-why-bio-parent-only-can-backfire-w-leading-expert-ron-deal-lmft.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}