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The podcast host also touched on her experience about what life has been like as stepmom to husband Michael Barrett‘s 20-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son.
“When I first was entered into their lives, I had no idea how to relate to them,” she confessed. “So I remember trying to be really cool, like blasting music.”
“Like when I would pick up my stepdaughter,” she continued, “of course, she’s mortified.”
As Anna explained, “That’s one example of sort of my stumbling through that position.”
Luckily, Anna found that taking a step back and letting them come to her helped them develop a better relationship.
But as she noted, “It was an uphill battle.”
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