EPISODE SUMMARY:

Welcome to Because We Love U. A podcast dedicated to helping you live a life of wellness. In this episode, co-hosts Stacy Lipowski, Ph. D., and Jade Breeback, MHS PA-C, talk about giving others your BEST YES!

NOTES, QUOTES, & LINKS:

• For this podcast episode, Stacy and Jade refer to content from the book, The Best Yes written by Lysa TerKeurst

• Stacy and Jade refer back to a previous podcast about Screen Time. You can check out the podcast and notes HERE.

• [VIDEO] They also refer back to a TEDTalk presented by Adam Alter, "Why our screens make us less happy."

• "Our best yes has to protect our white space and who we are." Jade Breeback

• "How do we give our best yes?" Jade Breeback

• "Your habits should be linked to your core values and main goals." Stacy Lipowski

• Stacy refers to research and a TEDTalk by Angela Duckworth, "Grit: The power of passion and perseverance."

• "We can't say yes to everything, but we need to say yes to things related to our core values and main goals." Stacy Lipowski

• "Do you have the resources to support this goal? If you say yes, but don't have the resources to make it happen, then it should be a no." Stacy Lipowski

• "What are four questions our yes's should answer?" Jade Breeback

• QUESTION 1: "Do you have the physical resources to say yes?" Jade Breeback

  • "Do you have the physical space to say yes?" Stacy Lipowski

  • "Do you have the physical strength to say yes?" Jade Breeback

• QUESTION 2: "Do you have the emotional resources to say yes?" Stacy Lipowski

  • "It is not worth depression or increased levels of anxiety to say yes to things you know are going to push your family over the emotional edge." Jade Breeback

  • [BOOK] "Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life" by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

  • "We are responsible to others, but we are also responsible for ourselves." Stacy Lipowski

  • "We're not responsible for the daily happiness of others." Jade Breeback

  • "We don't want to emotionally bankrupt our family. If a decision is going to be too much for our family, we are going to take away something we were supposed to say yes to." Jade Breeback

• QUESTION 3: "Do you have the financial resources to say yes?" Jade Breeback

  • "When you want to say yes to something, and it's good and right, and related to your calling, but if the financial resources are not there it can be dangerous to say yes." Stacy Lipowski

• QUESTION 4: "Do you have the spiritual resources to say yes?" Stacy Lipowski

  • "Sometimes we have to say no to a relationship that is getting in the way of spiritual growth." Stacy Lipowski

  • "Sometimes saying no can be the right thing and the good thing." Stacy Lipowski
    

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