Welcome to the WIRE Differently podcast where we chat all about how to best support exceptional children.

I'm your host, Holly Blanc Moses, the mom psychologist who gets it.

Welcome, Dr. Amanda Slevy.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm glad to be here.

We're so, so happy you're here for part two of the assertiveness rights that you developed, which is just brilliant.

So I am going to introduce you.

Dr. Amanda Sivy is a licensed psychologist and founder of Clarity,

psychological wellness in Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. C.V. specializes in the treatment

of sleep disorders, depression, anxiety, and trauma utilizing mindfulness-based therapies.

She completed her training at the University of Tennessee and Duke University Medical Center.

So I love that we did part one of assertiveness rights. And I'm just going to review those

first four that we went over before we get started in our last three. So last time, which

definitely everybody listening and watching, please go back

and look at part one. It's so, so good and really important that you do that. So just a quick review.

The right to make mistakes, the right to change your mind, the right to ask for what you want, and the right to experience and express

your feelings. All incredibly important. And in part one, we break all those down and talk about

why it's so important and also how do you get through them. What are some strategies that you can use to help move you

towards feeling good and standing in your right to do those things? You ready, Amanda? Yeah.

All right, let's do it. Our last three assertiveness rights. First, let's look at the right. Oh, so big. I have to

even pause, you know, before I say the whole thing, because this really hits home for me. And I think a lot of

our watches and listeners, the right to say no and not feel guilty. Okay, let's let's jump into that one. So big and so important. I mean, I think,

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