Stepmum Space

Katie South

Topics: Parenting · Mental Health · Personal Journals

No. 118 in Kids & Family▼45

Stepmum Space — The Podcast for Stepmums Navigating Complex Stepfamily Dynamics If your body changes before contact.  If your home stops feeling like your safe place when the kids arrive.If you love your partner but feel destabilised by stepfamily life — this podcast is for you. Hosted by Katie South — stepmum, transformational coach, and founder of Stepmum Space, this is psychologically grounded support for women living inside blended family systems. This isn’t generic parenting advice. We talk about: – Walking on eggshells in your own home – High-conflict ex dynamics and false narratives – Chronic anxiety before contact – Loyalty binds and positional insecurity – Stepfamily resentment...

Latest episodeWhy Your Needs Always Come Last in Your Stepfamily (And How to Change That)July 29, 2026 · 11 min

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Latest episodes

1. Why Your Needs Always Come Last in Your Stepfamily (And How to Change That)July 29, 2026 · 11 min
2. "The Ex Hangs Up When She Hears My Voice": One Stepmum's Honest Account of Blending a Family Against the OddsJuly 22, 2026 · 45 min
3. "But You're the Adult" — What That Phrase Is Really Saying to StepmumsJuly 15, 2026 · 9 min
4. We Both Left Our Husbands for Each Other — and Then Had to Build a StepfamilyJuly 8, 2026 · 53 min
5. Dreading the Summer Holidays as a Stepmum? Here's What Actually HelpsJuly 1, 2026 · 7 min
6. "The Ex Was Being Deliberately Difficult" — Six Years In, Here's What I Know NowJune 24, 2026 · 39 min
7. Is It Okay to Want Space in a Stepfamily? The Truth About Blended Family ExpectationsJune 17, 2026 · 9 min
8. "Me Being Me Wasn't Enough" - Stepmum Expectations, Infertility & the Picture in Your HeadJune 10, 2026 · 44 min
9. The Grief Nobody Talks About in Stepfamily LifeMay 27, 2026 · 51 min
10. "I'm Fine" - Why Stepmums Say It and What's Really Going On UnderneathMay 22, 2026 · 10 min

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