But let's back up just a little bit and tell us how did you get to this point in your life where building conversation and the environment for conversation in families is like your mission and what you do?

Yeah.

It was not the plan.

I will start by saying that.

It actually- It's funny how that happens.

I know.

And it's funny because like life can be all set and like going and then all of a sudden this, like something just falls into your lap and you're like, oh my gosh, I feel like I have to go with this, but it's impromptu.

do you tell us a little bit more about your conversation cards? Are they, is it like, you know, how are you feeling about different things? And some of those examples we've talked about, or are they like silly things or is it a mix? What kind of stuff

Ooh, actually, I'm gonna let you explain it, 'cause it's your product.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[laughs] Uh, it's a deck of...

So we have a blended family deck.

It's of 90 prompts.

Um, the mixture of those categories, so action, fun cards, takeaways, things like that, uh, trust and growth.

And it's more catered to, like, if you have a certain topic you want to work on as a family, growth, trust, et cetera, or if it's like, let's just, you know, mix-match it up or we need a fun activity to bond better.

Go on

What is it exactly?

So blended bond is a 90 question prompt deck.

So it's six categories.

There's growth, trust, connection, action, takeaway, and fun cards.

So the 90 cards are distributed between those categories where you can either select which category feels right for your family right now to ask and check in on, or you can just randomly pick one too.

I usually suggest maybe just one or two a day.

It doesn't need to be this full on.

And so how can they get past their own discomfort and continue to ask these questions? And what's the value in continuing to connect with kids in this way so that they can kind of get past their own fears of discomfort when their child is feeling whatever they're feeling and pushes back?

Yeah.

I think, um, when I was, uh, younger and maybe the first time I was a stepparent, um, at that time I was definitely more like that childless stepparent, um, coming in, and I really just wanted them, like I want it perfect.

I want everyone to like, like each other.

I want her to like me, this and that.

I want her mom to like me, all these things.

And which actually backfires.

Um, I think when you want it so perfect or like a storybook or something, it just doesn't always happen that way, and that's okay.

So tell us about the Blended Bond card sets and what you've got going on, because it's really cool.