In this is tiny leaps, big changes. to another episode of Tiny Leaps, big changes where I share simple research-based

strategies you can use to get more out of your life. My name is Greg Klunis and saying no is difficult, right? Like how many

times have you over-committed yourself? How many times have you let yourself say yes to too many

things? Until before you know it, you end up in a worse spot than where you started or you end up sacrificing something you

actually want to do something that you really don't want to be doing.

How many times have you found yourself in that situation?

Now, if you're anything like me,

it's probably a lot.

So needless to say, saying no is important. It's a critical part of maintaining our own mental health.

It's a critical part of maintaining our well-being and our ability to produce

at our highest levels. But it can be so incredibly difficult to do. It can be so hard to say no to people, especially people we care about,

people like friends or family, and this is made even harder if you happen to be a people pleaser.

If you're the type of person who would fall on a sword for somebody else,

it's so much more difficult to say no.

And that's not even the worst.

Because the thing that makes saying no

so much harder and takes it to that next level is when empathy is involved, when it's

important to consider the other person's situation when we want to help when we want to support

it's incredibly easy to forget about ourselves and our own needs in an effort to be

a good human. But as we established, it's important and the good

news is that it's a skill. It's something we can learn to do, something we can get better at and practice and build the muscle of.

So in this episode, I want to share how we do that.

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