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Hello, dear listener, and welcome back to owning it the anxiety podcast with me, Caroline

Foreign. This week on the series, I'm so thrilled to introduce you to author Sarah Knight.

She's a New York Times bestseller, she's the author of the No Fooks Given

guides. There's five books in the series so far and her latest book is called Fuck No. It is

such an unbelievable read. I've had the chance to read it now since I spoke with Sarah and it is an

absolute must for the people pleasers out there. I know it's certainly something that I need in my life

and I think that we can safely

assume that people pleasing and the desire we have to try and suit ourselves without worrying

about what people will think about us and how to say no.

All of these things are big drivers of anxiety for people in their day to day lives.

So Sarah has just such a brilliant way of explaining how to approach this.

Everything she says is incredibly snackable

as it has been through all of the books that she's written. And I'm particularly indebted to Sarah

because a couple of years ago or the year before last, she kindly offered to write a blurb for my book

for owning it when it came out in America. And it was called Own It Over There and she wrote a

glowing review of it which graces the front cover of all the American editions of the book and to have someone of her caliber and her expertise I mean she edited fucking gone girl so to have someone like her and all the work that she's gone on to achieve herself and validate my work was just incredibly inspiring and it really made me feel like, you know,

maybe my books were okay. And of course, her book, Fuck Now is out on December 12th in Ireland and

you'll get it everywhere online. And if you haven't read any of her former books, I recommend

going back to the first one, which is the life-changing magic of not giving a fuck. And I think

you'll really enjoy it. It was so refreshing. It was 20, 15 minute came out,

and it was like the first book of its kind, and has been a huge inspiration for me and the

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