Joel Hawbaker is a blended family coach, an award-winning teacher, author, speaker, and frequent podcast guest who loves helping blended/stepfamilies overcome obstacles and grow by teaching them the 10 Commandments of Blended Family Life. These are universal principles that families can apply immediately to begin seeing positive changes.

Joel is a divorced and remarried father of two. He currently lives in Alabama with his wife, his two daughters, and their two rescue dogs Bruiser and Butterscotch.

His first book, Inverted Leadership: Lead Others Better By Forgetting About Yourself was a #1 best-seller on Amazon. He is currently at work on a book about blended families as well as a 31-day devotional for blended families.

 Having studied and played soccer at both Covenant College (Georgia, USA) and Oxford University (England, UK), Joel has a B.A. in History and a passion for literature as well as a love for sports, and he looks forward to taking a dream vacation of visiting Hobbiton in the Shire.