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When I Say No, I Feel Guilty Manuel J. Smith
Publisher: Bantam

Learning how to say 'no' is easy. And now, after all these years, we still feel guilty when we don't comply with someone else's wishes. We seem to use this word so easily with our spouse and children but have a hard time saying it to other people. It is very hard for a woman to say no and not end up feeling guilty about it. I used to have a huge problem with saying "no" to just about anyone. Smith's book, When I Say No, I Feel Guilty is a very good book about being assertive. Tell me if this sounds familiar – you're asked to do something you don't really want to do or have time for, but you would feel guilty if you said No. You may have a guilty feeling which makes you give a “yes” to the request while it actually deserves a “no”. It's such a small word but so difficult to use sometimes. It's time to put an end to the People Pleasing! Unfortunately, it may not be easy to say “no” when someone asks you for something. Here are 10 ways to say no, without feeling guilty. Possibly because when growing up we were told that it's not nice to tell people no. While I'm not as assertive as I'd like to be yet, there is a book I'd. I'm Okay—You're Okay, Games People Play, Why Am I Afraid to Tell You Who I Am?, When I Say No I Feel Guilty, and Love, by Leo Buscaglia, among others, were my mother's daily reading. So the trick is to figure out how and when to say no. I've been going through some major shifts in the last couple of weeks, and over the weekend this culminated with a beautiful creators circle with some gorgeous girls. You've had enough birthday cake, and BAM Susie's shoving homemade brownies down your throat. You've been working out for 2 weeks and BAM, Bob brings doughnuts into the office. In the modern world, women should always know when to say no to the things that make them feel uncomfortable.