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Cedie Omaña
June 29, 2024
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In Today's Edition:
Homestead Tip 🌱
Poll Results From Last Friday! 📊
Personal Development: Discovering Your Communication Style 🗣️
A Steady Family: The Art of Compromise ✌️
Today's Top Picks 🛍️
Let’s Keep It Reel 🤣
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Homestead Tip of the Day:
Plant a butterfly garden to attract these beautiful pollinators and enhance your garden's biodiversity. Choose nectar-rich plants like milkweed, coneflowers, and butterfly bush. But make sure to provide a sunny location and a shallow water source.
Poll Results From Last Friday! 📊
Do you involve your kids in homesteading?
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Yes, regularly
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Occasionally
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via @beehiiv polls
Get ready to spice up your inbox with some awesome polls in our next newsletters! Remember, your opinions matter! 😄
Personal Development
Discovering Your Communication Style 🗣️
Everyone communicates differently. Some people are direct and to the point, while others might be more detailed or expressive. Knowing your style helps you understand your strengths and areas for improvement.
Types of Communication Styles:
Assertive: You express your thoughts and feelings clearly and respectfully. This style is direct but considers others’ opinions, making it the most effective for positive interactions.
Aggressive: This style can be too forceful, often disregarding others’ feelings. It can lead to conflicts and misunderstandings.
Passive: You might avoid expressing your own needs and let others take the lead. This can cause frustration and unspoken resentment.
Passive-Aggressive: This style indirectly expresses negative feelings instead of addressing them openly. It can lead to confusion and tension.
Tips for Identifying Your Style:
Reflect on Past Conversations: Think about how you usually talk to others. Are you straightforward, or do you hold back? Do you often feel heard, or ignored?
Ask for Feedback: Sometimes others can see things we miss. Ask friends or family how they perceive your communication style.
Take a Quiz: There are many online quizzes that can help identify your communication style. They ask questions about how you handle different situations.
Notice Body Language: Pay attention to your body language and how it changes in different situations. Do you make eye contact? Do you use hand gestures to emphasize points?
Observe Your Reactions: Think about how you react in stressful situations. Do you become more forceful, or do you withdraw? This can provide insights into your default communication style.
So, take a step back, reflect on how you communicate, and start making those small changes. You'll find that connecting with others becomes much easier and more rewarding.
From The Steady Home Gang
Share the Steady Love 💚
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Come hang with us, swap stories, share seeds, and turn our gardens into the envy of the neighborhood!
A Steady Family
The Art of Compromise ✌️
Compromise teaches kids important life skills like empathy, patience, and communication. It helps them understand that everyone’s needs matter and that working together can solve problems. These skills are essential for building strong relationships at home, school, and later in life.
Here are some tips for teaching compromise:
Create a Compromise Chart: Make a chart with different scenarios where kids need to find a compromise. Use pictures and simple words to help them understand the process. Hang it somewhere visible, so they can refer to it.
Set Up a "Peace Table": Designate a spot in your home where kids can go to talk through disagreements. This space should be calm and free from distractions.
Teach the “I Feel” Formula: Show kids how to express their feelings using "I feel" statements, like "I feel sad when you take my toy." This helps them communicate their emotions without blaming others.
Practice Empathy Games: Play games that require kids to see things from another’s perspective. Note that empathy is a key part of effective compromise.
Discuss the Win-Win Concept: Regularly talk about the idea that good solutions make everyone happy. Encourage kids to think about what they can give up or adjust to make a situation win-win.
Involve Them in Decision-Making: Let kids have a say in decisions that affect them. Whether it’s picking dinner or planning a family outing, involving them shows that their opinions matter and teaches them to negotiate.
Be Patient and Stay Positive: Learning to compromise takes time. Celebrate small victories and encourage kids when they struggle.
Teach the Importance of Apologizing: When disagreements don’t go well, show kids how to apologize sincerely. This reinforces the idea that admitting mistakes and making amends is part of healthy compromise.
It’s all about making sure everyone feels heard and valued while working towards solutions that benefit the whole family.
The Steady Home’s Giggle Chamber
What did the vine say when it was losing the argument?
"You’re barking up the wrong tree!”
Let’s Keep It Reel!
Here's a collection of funny farm videos I've handpicked just for you to enjoy!
Just three horses in full goof mode:
@deep.pond.farm Leon has annoying little brother energy and Nacho is a saint #farmlife #donkey #horse #annoying #funnyvideos
When all it takes to make your cows happy is a humble bucket:
@boggs.funny.farm Cows had fun playing with a bucket! #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #cows #herefords #farm #farmlife #animals #funny #heifer #boggsfunnyfarm #tiktok
When the music perfectly matches this hyperactive goat's vibe:
@mommyfarmer Never gets old #parkour #babygoats #theoffice #goatsoftiktok #babygoat #funnyanimalvideos #petstiktok
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