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1st Dec 2022

Trouble saying "no" -- lessons in dating that could have been a serious disaster

Saying "no" is hard for many people. It's especially challenging when part of you isn't completely against something, and part of you is still feeling "off" inside. Being talked into something results in people making decisions they often regret, often because they don't want to the other person's feelings. And then upon hindsight, they blame themselves for going along with things they didn't want.

What do you do when it's a confusing internal combination of, "Yes, kind of" and "No, I don't want to"? Listen in on one client's dating scenario when she had trouble saying "no" and part of her mind was saying "well, maybe". This is a situation that, fortunately, did not result in what could have been a very dangerous on many levels. The story might be different for a lot of people but the internal experience might be familiar for many people who struggle to say "no" and setting boundaries.

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About the Podcast

All Things Human with Adele Wang
How power works, in people and in machines.
How power works, in people and in machines. Especially in this time of massive and hyper-rapid change.

Adele Wang watches how people behave, in organizations and in ordinary life, and says the part most people leave out.

Some episodes are about work. Who decides, who gets blamed, what happens when nobody quite owns a decision. Some are about relationships. Why you know your neighbor's dog's name and not theirs. What we want from each other and what we're willing to admit we want.

The through line is the same either way. What's really going on underneath the thing everyone agrees to say.

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