No is a Complete Sentence
And processing the election in a healthy way
A very special episode of Oz After Dark is available and I think this is something that everyone can benefit from post election. I sat down with a friend of mine, Allie who is also a licensed therapist in the state of Connecticut and we talked about taking care of ourselves in the days after the election.
The idea was originally born when Tina & I were in Africa for my last hosted TrovaTrip in October and she was dealing with some stuff in her personal life, while we were camping in the bush. One of the ladies that we were traveling with came out of nowhere with one of the best phrases I had ever heard.
“No is a complete sentence.”
I had never heard it or thought about it before. I think so often, especially women we fell the need to give people… even strangers complete explanations to justify why we are saying no. When in reality… we do not owe that to anyone. Especially people who you are working on setting real life boundaries with.
Born of this idea we knew that we needed to use this as a time to also address the feelings we are all going through in the days after the election. I was talking with my neighbor this morning and it is so crazy to have had so many different feelings about it already and it hasn't even been a week.
Remember that… not even a week. Be kind to yourself. There is so much going on. Self care is paramount currently.
With that being said, I shared a few clips of the episode on Tik Tok, I thought I would share them here as well.
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I hope that helps everyone to feel a little better during all of this. And remember, I have an amazing community of people to lean into if that is what you need. There are still good humans out there among us. Don’t let the divisive rhetoric divide us within our own cause and community.
I hope you have a beautiful Monday.
