Comments on: the sweetest Yes http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/ women's wildly creative leadership emerging from within Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:17:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yael Brisker http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-2055 Yael Brisker Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:46:35 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=1627#comment-2055 Julie What a beautiful post to wake up to! This theme is sooo central in my life now - how to say no from a centered place, connected really to MY will, not needing to please not needing to DO everything, to make choices....ahhhh. Thanx for highlighting this - we are all benefiting from your seeking...love Yael p.s. here in Israel we have a famous song (alas in Hebrew) from the early 60's called: "When you say no...what do you mean?) Julie
What a beautiful post to wake up to! This theme is sooo central in my life now – how to say no from a centered place, connected really to MY will, not needing to please not needing to DO everything, to make choices….ahhhh. Thanx for highlighting this – we are all benefiting from your seeking…love Yael
p.s. here in Israel we have a famous song (alas in Hebrew) from the early 60′s called: “When you say no…what do you mean?)

]]> By: unabashedly female · Truth and Validation http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 unabashedly female · Truth and Validation Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:41:20 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=1627#comment-1946 [...] Others can tell me I am wrong, but it is up to me to stand tall and firm, like a deeply-rooted tree, in what I know in my heart. This is easier for me when I feel called to say, “YES”. It has been much harder for me when I feel called to say, “NO”.  ‘No’ challenges. ‘No’ can be perceived as negative. Yet, sometimes ‘No’ is exactly what needs to be said, especially the ‘No’ that can change everything, that can lead to the sweetest ‘Yes’. [...] [...] Others can tell me I am wrong, but it is up to me to stand tall and firm, like a deeply-rooted tree, in what I know in my heart. This is easier for me when I feel called to say, “YES”. It has been much harder for me when I feel called to say, “NO”.  ‘No’ challenges. ‘No’ can be perceived as negative. Yet, sometimes ‘No’ is exactly what needs to be said, especially the ‘No’ that can change everything, that can lead to the sweetest ‘Yes’. [...]

]]> By: Dian Reid http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-1933 Dian Reid Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:41:09 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=1627#comment-1933 "Under the surface of those words, which imply powerlessness, is the “landslide of unexpressed ‘no’”. Life doesn’t get in the way. I get in my own way." Julie, my sister, I have to remind myself of this so often. Even though this is very much Life 101, isn't it amazing how often we have to remind ourselves just to get back to the basics and stop making everything so damn complicated. A simple, sweet yes to: a deep breath and allowing whatever is, to be...and every now and then a yes and a no, just to see what will come. Beautiful sharing, Julie. Thank you.... “Under the surface of those words, which imply powerlessness, is the “landslide of unexpressed ‘no’”. Life doesn’t get in the way. I get in my own way.”

Julie, my sister, I have to remind myself of this so often. Even though this is very much Life 101, isn’t it amazing how often we have to remind ourselves just to get back to the basics and stop making everything so damn complicated. A simple, sweet yes to: a deep breath and allowing whatever is, to be…and every now and then a yes and a no, just to see what will come.

Beautiful sharing, Julie. Thank you….

]]> By: Square-Peg Karen http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-1929 Square-Peg Karen Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:09:00 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=1627#comment-1929 Whew! I can't even imagine what Part II will be -- this is so beautiful and really does, as Zan says - fit with the video. I'll be back to taste this again - and again -- wow! Whew! I can’t even imagine what Part II will be — this is so beautiful and really does, as Zan says – fit with the video. I’ll be back to taste this again – and again — wow!

]]> By: unabashedly female · saying Yes http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 unabashedly female · saying Yes Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:42:47 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=1627#comment-1927 [...] ‹ the sweetest Yes [...] [...] ‹ the sweetest Yes [...]

]]> By: Zan http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-1924 Zan Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:40:47 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=1627#comment-1924 Have you heard this amazing woman? Your post reminds me strongly of her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hee7T8MbHGs Have you heard this amazing woman? Your post reminds me strongly of her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hee7T8MbHGs

]]> By: yoga, betty crocker style http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 yoga, betty crocker style Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:38:18 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=1627#comment-1922 [...] i’ve known for a while, but those words on that phone call came at Just The Right Time. like julie says: “Now this might be Life 101 for many of you, but in my experience, the truth comes around [...] [...] i’ve known for a while, but those words on that phone call came at Just The Right Time. like julie says: “Now this might be Life 101 for many of you, but in my experience, the truth comes around [...]

]]> By: mrs mediocrity http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 mrs mediocrity Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:53:22 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=1627#comment-1920 YES I am right there with you...in the last month or so I hav thought a lot about this subject, as I went through a period of insane busyness that was the result of not saying no. And I realized after I had done some thinking, that is isn't just about saying no to others, the real problem is that I almost never say no to myself. That was quite a revelation for me, and in many small ways has changed my life. I think we are both heading in the right direction... YES I am right there with you…in the last month or so I hav thought a lot about this subject, as I went through a period of insane busyness that was the result of not saying no. And I realized after I had done some thinking, that is isn’t just about saying no to others, the real problem is that I almost never say no to myself. That was quite a revelation for me, and in many small ways has changed my life. I think we are both heading in the right direction…

]]> By: olive & hope http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 olive & hope Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:50:24 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=1627#comment-1919 YES truth does find its way back around again. and again. YES truth does find its way back around again. and again.

]]> By: whollyjeanne http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/2010/06/23/the-sweetest-yes/comment-page-1/#comment-1915 whollyjeanne Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:07:15 +0000 http://www.unabashedlyfemale.com/?p=1627#comment-1915 rule #1 of improv: say "yes, and". so yes, and i think you are exactly right: the lessons keep coming around bonking us, nudging us till we finally recognize, realize, absorb them into our cells and forget there was ever another way. rule #1 of improv: say “yes, and”. so yes, and i think you are exactly right: the lessons keep coming around bonking us, nudging us till we finally recognize, realize, absorb them into our cells and forget there was ever another way.

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