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Ep. 353. What Happens After You Say No: Staying With Yourself Through Guilt and Pushback
Saying no is only half the work. What happens afterward — the guilt, the second-guessing, the urge to explain — is where staying in relationship with yourself really gets tested.
In this episode, Gloria Lybecker and Gail Donohue explore what happens in the moments after a boundary: the pull to soften what was said, the fear of having hurt or disappointed someone, and the pushback that can follow when someone questions, negotiates with, or tries to talk you out of your no.
Gloria and Gail draw a distinction between two kinds of guilt — the guilt that arises when we've acted against our own…
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