Farm Family Podcast: Episode 37 - Healthy Boundaries… How To Say No Authentically
Monday, February 10, 2025
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Episode 37: Healthy Boundaries… How To Say No Authentically
by Elaine Froese | February 4, 2025 | Farm Family Harmony Podcast
In this episode, I sit down with Farm Family Coach Kalynn Spain – a certified Leadership Coach with a degree in Conflict Resolution Studies and over five years of training and volunteer experience as a mediator. In this discussion Kalynn shares recent insights from her experience with moving in with the in-laws and beginning the challenging, but hopeful journey of farm succession planning.
We also explore how healthy boundaries are essential to stay firm as a family when transitioning to farm life. We discuss what it looks like to remain true to your own family values, dreams, and schedules while integrating with life on the farm.
By the end of the episode, you’ll have gained a new perspective on the importance of boundaries for self-care, a sense of safety, living authentically, and working together towards a more intentional future.
“It’s really about centering ourselves and using our own control and our own sense of authority. And I think this can apply in adult relationships as well. Because it’s really hard to center ourselves sometimes when we feel uncomfortable, or maybe someone’s making a request of us where we feel like the farm is asking us for our time, and like the farm comes first. There are all sorts of expectations. It’s the culture of the farm and it can be really hard to say no.” – Kalynn Spain
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