Hello, and welcome back to Practicing Human, the podcast where every day we're getting

a little better at life.

I'm your host, Cory Muscara, and in today's episode, we're going to speak to those who

sometimes have a difficult time saying no.

More to come on that in a moment, first let's settle in together with the sound of the bells.

Okay.

So this is going to be a simple episode with a simple reminder, but one that many of us

really need to hear.

And the reminder is, in order to say yes to something, you need to say no to something

else.

In order to say yes to something, you need to say no to something else.

As I said, a simple reminder, but it speaks to something that many of us often need some

help with, which is this feeling of guilt when it comes to saying no to other people.

And that can also include saying no to other things, saying no to a particular dream, saying

no to a food choice at a restaurant.

And when it comes to things like saying no to a dream, a certain choice, something at

the restaurant, the feeling is often less guilt, but more sadness or wondering what could

have been or did I make the right decision.

When it comes to other people and other people's agendas and needs, saying no, does tend to

show up as guilt or worry that we're not being a good person or am I being selfish?

It's often because in those moments, we're focusing more on the no.

And a no can feel violent.

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