Episode 161 Being well with Lauren
SLEEP MEDITATION with Lauren Ostrowski Fenton
Lauren Ostrowski Fenton
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🗓️ 5 December 2016
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Episode 161 Being well with Lauren
Learn to say no and be happy
Day five MindBody Cleanse - The way of assertiveness
By Lauren ostrowski Fenton
Today we talk about how learning to say no can allow happiness to flow into our life.
There will be so many moments in your life when people attempt to trample your boundaries, pressure you to please them, or distract you from being yourself. The answer is to have the assertiveness to demarcate your boundaries. The answer is to say no.
Seth Godin says
If you can't do a good job, don't take it on.
If it's going to distract you from the work that truly matters, pass.
If you don't know why they want you to do this, ask.
If you need to hide it from your mom, reconsider.
If it benefits you but not the people you care about, decline.
If you're going along with the crowd, that's not enough.
If it creates a habit that costs you in the long run, don't start.
If it doesn't move you forward, hesitate then walk away.
Have a think about a time when someone tried to encourage you to be disloyal to your own values. Were you true to your values? Or did you abandon your values in order to fit in with the group? How did you feel at this time? Being loyal to your sense of self may be challenging but in the end of the day being your authentic self will bring you not only happiness but contentment.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Lauren here. Today we talk about saying no. No. No. No. No. |
| 0:10.0 | We explore being assertive and we explore how when you're assertive it lays the bricks |
| 0:20.0 | in the pathway to your happiness. It lays the bricks in bricks and mortar. |
| 0:27.9 | It structures your values, defines your beliefs and guides your actions and helps you be your authentic self. |
| 0:41.5 | This is part of my 14 day Mind Body Cleanse. |
| 0:45.0 | If you enjoy my podcast, please purchase my book Daily Rituals for Happiness |
| 0:50.0 | or join at my virtual wellness center, |
| 0:53.9 | W.W. dot Being Well with Lauren. |
| 0:57.9 | And support this podcast |
| 1:01.3 | Being Well with Lauren, |
| 1:02.8 | Go and get a cupa and let's have a chat. |
| 1:05.6 | Do you ever say no? |
| 1:07.6 | The ability to say no. |
| 1:10.6 | It doesn't have to be strong, it doesn't have to be reactive, it doesn't have to be no go away, I don't like you. |
| 1:18.0 | Simply, no. It doesn't even need to be, no thank you. It's simply saying no. Can you do that? Can you say no? |
| 1:30.0 | Let's have a think about what it means in your life. |
| 1:35.8 | Let's draw the scenario. Let's envision what can happen if you don't say no. |
| 1:44.0 | Your values, who you are as a person, |
| 1:48.0 | let's say your values are loyalty, friendship, fidelity. |
| 2:02.1 | Without... friendship, fidelity. Without the word no and the acting upon the word no, those values have no meaning because fidelity is no longer in agreement as it may be broken at any time. |
| 2:12.0 | Loyalty is no longer something you stand for because it can be broken |
| 2:17.1 | at any time. Friendship is no longer a philosopher you hold because it has no tenacity, it has no structure, |
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