The "Redheaded Stepdaughter" Coach

The "Redheaded Stepdaughter" Coach Helping women heal from stepdaughter wounds - emotional isolation, rejection, and betraya.

Hi loyal friends and followers! It's Sara Minges, coach, consultant, and ex-play therapist. I'm excited about some cha...
05/21/2026

Hi loyal friends and followers! It's Sara Minges, coach, consultant, and ex-play therapist. I'm excited about some changes to Playful Awareness and I hope you will be too!

For 26 years I'm worked as a coach and consultant for families, with most of those years focusing on high conflict, complex family dynamics, specifically divorcing and blended families.

Recently, my mentor helped me clarify my business vision for Playful Awareness. I've been a stepdaughter for 33 years (most of my life) and I have a passion for helping teen and adult stepdaughters navigate the challenges of being part of a blended family.

So, I've got some practical ideas, tools, and hacks for "redheaded stepdaughters" to reclaim their power and love themselves again. This include things that have been helpful for me and activities and interventions that have helped my clients.

Thanks for your support!

If you have ever felt treated like an unwanted, unwelcome outsider in your stepfamily, or expected to stuff your feeling...
05/18/2026

If you have ever felt treated like an unwanted, unwelcome outsider in your stepfamily, or expected to stuff your feelings, needs and wants, to keep the peace or avoid making waves, this page is for you.

Wildly successful people don't have time to criticize others... They are too busy building crushing their goals and crea...
05/14/2026

Wildly successful people don't have time to criticize others... They are too busy building crushing their goals and creating real connections.

Critics only matter when they've been where you want to be and offer ways to improve and be better.


Be fierce, be brave, bold. Bet on YOU! Keep showing up and sharing your truth, even when others try to shame you for it...
05/12/2026

Be fierce, be brave, bold. Bet on YOU!

Keep showing up and sharing your truth, even when others try to shame you for it.

Live from a place of wonder and deep desire to protect your peace, your spirit, your essence.

Don't let anyone else define your worth.

Downgrade or remove people in your life who want to silence you or make you feel small.

Want to find your way home to your soul and feel grounded in your own skin? Tired of living in survival mode?

Ask about our transformational coaching services!
615-906-6475




Forgiveness is NOT access. You can forgive a stepmother for unkind, cruel, toxic behavior because you refuse to drink t...
05/09/2026

Forgiveness is NOT access. You can forgive a stepmother for unkind, cruel, toxic behavior because you refuse to drink the poison of resentment... and not let her back into your life.

It is your life and you get to decide who you give access to... even if it upsets your dad and other people you love.

Apologies require:

✅️ acknowledgement and full responsibility of bad behavior

✅️ remorse for the harm the behavior caused

✅️ heartfelt promise to avoid the behavior in the future

Sunday is Mother's Day, a day celebrating mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and bonus mothers.Too often, stepda...
05/08/2026

Sunday is Mother's Day, a day celebrating mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and bonus mothers.

Too often, stepdaughters are villainized by causing stress and trife for not welcoming new stepmothers immediately, or setting relationship boundaries.

Stepmothers treated them like "redheaded stepchildren"; inconveniences and irritations. What if they refuse to acknowledge their stepdaughters existence on Mother's Day?

Here's a poem, written in the voice of "redheaded stepdaughters" everywhere.

Pawn

Carved pieces dance
across angled squares,
each move part of
your master plan.

Pawn is the part
you always wanted
me to play.

Yet, you were the one
left betrayed...

Because the Queen
will always be
the one left
standing.

Naked Toes: Goddess Edition
2023, Cephalopod Press

Divorce is a special sort of heartbreak... it's overwhelming and feels like a sucker punch to the soul. - struggling to...
02/15/2026

Divorce is a special sort of heartbreak... it's overwhelming and feels like a sucker punch to the soul.

- struggling to get off the couch?
- unsure what to keep, store, sell, donate, or toss
-wish someone else could coordinate with your ex about selling the house?
-wish you had someone you could vent to whenever you needed support?

We have a new 30 day "Hold My Hand" VIP coaching program for homeowners who are overwhelmed and need to sell their home fast due to divorce. Includes a weekly 45 minute coaching session each week and unlimited phone, text and email support.

PM for more info!

Nice guys often finish last... good men don't. Nice guys do nice things to feel liked and appreciated by others. Often...
02/12/2026

Nice guys often finish last... good men don't. Nice guys do nice things to feel liked and appreciated by others. Often, they avoid conflict or sharing their true feelings, thoughts or beliefs, out of fear of being judged, rejected, or risking the approval of others.

Good guys do nice things for others too... and they clearly communicate their standards, boundaries, and values. They live life based on their values and principles and don't mind expressing them or saying no to requests that are out of alignment or contradict their personal goals or values.

Do you want a "yes guy" or someone who lets you know what he wants or needs with ease?


(May, 2010, Playful Awareness, Lawrence, KS)My late brother Robert choked to death during an epileptic seizure... the da...
01/18/2026

(May, 2010, Playful Awareness, Lawrence, KS)
My late brother Robert choked to death during an epileptic seizure... the day after my 21st birthday. He was 5 years older, had an IQ of 75, and was limited in many ways.

He also thought his little sister was brilliant long before I ever did and believed I could do anything...

In July, 1994, I took a Psychology class as a summer elective and fell in love with the study of the brain and why we do the things we do. On the last day of class, I decided my dream was to become a therapist and gave my own private practice.

12 years later I received my M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Avila University. Nothing could stop me... including the deaths of my beloved grandfather (1995), Robert (1998), cousin (2001), and my beloved grandmother/godmother (2006).

In 2009, 2 years later, I did a wild, wondrous thing... I started a play therapy counseling, coaching, and consulting private practice. I had a vision... if people could learn to "play with purpose" and love themselves, they could release and let go of emotional pain and live happy lives.

Some people were excited for my new venture. Many thought I was crazy for trying something I had never done before.

Yet, my Accounting class in high school started a business selling Umbro shorts. I also had a background in sales and had worked in several community agencies as a case manager and therapist, so I had an understanding of what worked and didn't work with clients.

17 years have passed since then... Sure, I've got some degrees, lots of advanced training. More importantly, I care about your pain... your struggles, your fears, your frustrations... I see you.

I don't have all the answers but I prefer to work with you to find solutions that feel right for YOU and your situation...

Let's start TODAY!

❤️

Need some new inspiration in your life? Consider a day trip to a winery a few hours away! Even short getaways give us ...
12/16/2025

Need some new inspiration in your life? Consider a day trip to a winery a few hours away! Even short getaways give us new perspective on our lives, things we love, things we want to change, bucket list dreams...

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Want to feel valued and appreciated by the woman in your life? Do her dishes!Do Her DishesDon't buy red roses at the fl...
10/29/2025

Want to feel valued and appreciated by the woman in your life? Do her dishes!

Do Her Dishes

Don't buy red roses
at the flower shop!

She prefers lilac petals...

Actually, forget those too!

Do all her dishes instead!

Hand wash every single
dirty dish and plate
sitting in her sink.

Amaze her!

Watch her lean into
her Aphrodite energy.

She'll sigh with joy
Her eyes will get that
soft bedroom glow...

As she watches you do her dishes!

2025




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