’Stepmother’ is No Dirty Word to Lisa Edelstein

Lisa Edelstein is the actress you know from numerous series and is currently in Netflix's final season of The Kaminsky Method. She was also in The West Wing, Ally McBeal, House and she was the lead in Bravo's Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce. Catch Lisa in season 2 of Fox's 9-1-1:Lonestar alongside Rob Lowe, which premieres in January. Lisa is a proud stepmom to 2 beautiful boys and loves them just as if she was their biological mom. She wrote a really heartfelt, open and honest piece about her experience as a stepmom for Redbook that you should definitely take a minute to read.

Lisa tells Hilaria and Daphne about the complicated nature of being a stepmother. She explains how language and labeling become issues, how she has to navigate her role in their family, and sometimes know when it's important to take a backseat and just be supportive to her husband and sons. Plus, how she juggles marriage, raising kids, a career, and a relationship with the kids' mother. It's an honest conversation about what it is to be a stepmother.

Favorite Things:

Daphne: Busy Box Child sensory boxes

Hilaria: Zara Newborn Knitwear

Lisa: Making art with Prismacolor markers,

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