Ron Deal

Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

Episodes appearing in

Criticism is hard to carry. View Show Notes →
Doing good…is always good. View Show Notes →
Hey, have you ever noticed that God uses family to grow us up? View Show Notes →
What would you do if your fiancée told you she was pregnant and it wasn't your child? View Show Notes →
Have you ever heard the phrase now that's a face only a parent could love? View Show Notes →
Here's another tip for managing step-stress at the holidays. Be flexible. View Show Notes →
deally, kids need two good parents. But what if you only have one? View Show Notes →
When kids live between two homes, you can't win every parenting battle, but some issues are a hill worth dying on. View Show Notes →
Who's in your family portrait? View Show Notes →
Is there any chance you are haunted by the ghost of marriage past? View Show Notes →
Why would a parent put their child to death? View Show Notes →
Ron, we get married in a couple of months…and now my son gets angry? View Show Notes →
Can every home be a godly home? View Show Notes →
No one likes to get caught in someone else's conflict. View Show Notes →
Are you an owner of your house or just a houseguest? View Show Notes →
Look at your life through someone else's eyes. View Show Notes →