Ron Deal

Ron Deal is a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than 15 published resources, an international conference speaker specializing in marriage enrichment and stepfamily education, and a podcaster who frequently appears in the national media. Ron’s latest book is The Mindful Marriage: Create Your Best Relationship Through Understanding and Managing Yourself, and is coauthored with his wife Nan and therapists Dr. Terry and Sharon Hargrave.

Ron 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 the host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons, a daughter-in-law, and a grandchild, and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended and RonDeal.org.