Permission to Say "No"

Practicing Human

Cory Muscara

Self Improvement, Health & Fitness, Meditation, Happiness, Mindfulness, Education, Personal Development, Wellness, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Presence, Positive Psychology, Self-improvement, Buddhism

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🗓️ 23 November 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss why in order to say "yes" to something, you have to say "no" to something else. We explore why that's so hard, but why it's an inevitable truth of being human.

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0:00.0	Hello and
0:05.0	in today's
0:08.0	in today,
0:10.0	in today's episode. We're going to speak to those who sometimes have a difficult time saying
0:17.6	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,
1:00.4	you need to say no to something else.
1:04.0	In order to say yes to something, you need to say no to something else.
1:10.0	As I said, a simple reminder, but it speaks to something that many of us often need some help
1:19.8	with, which is this feeling of guilt when it comes to saying no to other people.
1:28.0	And that can also include saying no to other things,
1:32.0	saying no to a particular dream, saying no to a food choice at a restaurant. And when it comes
1:40.0	to things like saying no to a dream, certain choice something at the restaurant the feeling is often less guilt but more sadness or
1:50.0	wondering what could have been or did I make the right decision.
1:55.0	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
2:10.2	and it's often because in those moments we're focusing more on the no.
2:16.0	And a no can feel violent.
2:20.0	And you could make the argument that it is violent to an extent.
2:24.0	It's a cutting off of something.
2:26.0	It's a turning away.
2:28.0	It's putting up a boundary.
2:30.0	And while many people might not conceptualize these things as violent, it can feel that way.
2:38.0	A clear no can be cutting and at least in the moment it is eliminating a path.
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