{"id":1517,"date":"2025-12-08T01:34:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T01:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2025-12-08T01:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T01:34:51","slug":"festive-invite-overload-how-to-get-better-at-saying-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=1517","title":{"rendered":"Festive invite overload? How to get better at saying no"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Saying no can feel uncomfortable. Many of us were brought up to do as we were told, and as adults we struggle to go against how we&#8217;ve been raised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We equate compliance with good and defiance with bad,&#8221; says Dr Sah. &#8220;Children get lots of training in compliance, but they need to receive training in defiance too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reshaping how we view and define saying no is key. Seeing it as a positive act instead of a negative one can be instrumental in taking greater control over decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;To defy is to act in accordance with your true values, especially when there is pressure to do otherwise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When deciding whether to say yes or no, the question to ask is whether you&#8217;re going against your values.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">These are often expressed as single, powerful words like integrity, compassion, or equality. But we may struggle to enact them in daily life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Establishing your values is the first step towards upholding them. &#8220;If we write them down, research shows we are more likely to act in alignment with them,&#8221; says Dr Sah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Festive #invite #overload<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saying no can feel uncomfortab&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}