Not Reciprocating Romantic Interest Is OK but Dropping Hints Extends the Awkwardness
When we have to continue spending time around someone who makes their romantic interest clear or asks us out and we don’t reciprocate their feelings, it’s not unusual to find ourselves trying to avoid saying no outright. As it is, many of us have negative...About giving second chances because you think your boundaries are ‘better’
A challenge we face when we’re consciously going out of our way to create healthier boundaries after recognising where we need to break unhealthy patterns is an internal debate about giving somebody who hurt or let us down a second chance. It’s...If you weren’t super busy or overwhelmed, would your ‘no’ change to a ‘yes’?
One of my favourite ways of saying no as a means of respecting myself and honouring my values is “I don’t have the bandwidth.” In that moment, I acknowledge my existing commitments and needs. I only have so much time, energy and effort. These have an...Here’s why you have no time and are overcommitted, overloaded or overwhelmed
When you’re super busy and have no time, it’s tempting to point to all the people and things that use up your bandwidth (time, energy, effort and emotions). These appear to be the culprit of feeling overcommitted, overloaded, overwhelmed, anxious,...Saying yes requires discernment if we are to enjoy genuine opportunities
A chief block to saying no is fear that it will cause us to miss out on an opportunity. Believing that indiscriminately saying yes is the route to happiness blocks opportunity and wellbeing, though. We wind up saying yes to everything, but we don’t practise...
