Celebrate the Special Dad in your Life
Celebrate the special dad in your life with unique gifts from small businesses.
#fathersday #giftsfordad #funnydad #happyfathersday
#shopsmall #handmade #bestdadever
Happy Father's Day!
Encourage the Graduate in Your Life
With Graduation fast approaching, I've curated some special gifts to Encourage Your Graduate. {And all from small shops throughout the US} #shopsmall
Here's to encouraging the special grad in your life!
Love, Steph
I love sharing the work of other creative artisans.
These are just some of my favorites and I do not earn any commissions from them.
These are just some of my favorites and I do not earn any commissions from them.
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Conversation Techniques to Building Deeper Relationships
My dad ordered a book and we received it a week after he passed away. It was called Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being
by Dr. Martin Seligman. FLOURISH - what a perfect word to sum up the life my dad wanted to live. He was all about looking at life through "positive" eyes. And even with all his health issues, he chose to live a life full of joy, full of enjoyment, full of laughter....just full!I read this book and it was so powerful. Part practical wisdom, part self-help with a lot of scientific studies to back it up. It was slow going for me (felt like I was back in college studying), but I was able to pull out many helpful gems that both reinforced my focus on a joy-filled life and opened my eyes to several new things.
One of the most interesting things I learned was... how we respond in conversations can strengthen or weaken our relationships.
How to deepen a relationship with one Conversation Technique.
When people we care about tell us about a victory, triumph or good thing that happened to them, how we respond can build the relationship or undermine it.
- Active/Constructive Acknowledge, be excited for them, celebrate with them. Ask questions so they relive the moment with you.
Non-verbal: Smiling, Enthusiasm. - Passive/Constructive Passively say, 'that's nice'. No further interaction or conversation.
Non-verbal: Little to no active emotional expression. - Active/Destructive Critical, negative words, pessimistic, find the fault or potential downside in the victory.
Non-verbal: Display negative emotions, frowning. - Passive/Destructive No acknowledgement of the success/victory, change subject.
Non-verbal: no eye contact, leave room, etc.
I've been trying it. Such a great difference.
Have a Joy-filled week! Love, Steph
Unique Mother's Day Gifts
Celebrate the special moms in your life with
unique handmade gifts all made in the US.
Put a Little Sunshine in your life with Sunflowers
True friends are like bright sunflowers that never fade away, even over distance and time.
Marie Williams Johnstone
Marie Williams Johnstone
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do.
Helen Keller
12th Annual Willamette Valley Handmade Market
Join us for the 12th Annual Willamette Valley Handmade Market featuring 70+ Handmade Artisans throughout Oregon. Saturday & Sunday, October 25/26, 2025, 10am-4pm in Eugene, Oregon. Details
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