23/11/2022
Have you ever found yourself saying yes to one commitment after the other only to end up being burnt out and resentful?
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Maybe you said yes because you’re a helper and you want to serve others or maybe you didn’t want to hurt someone’s feelings.
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For many women, people-pleasing is at the root of over-commitment.
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But as today’s guest says, “Every time you say yes to something you shouldn’t, you are saying no to something important.”
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So how can we learn to navigate the tension between following God’s call to serve others and creating time for rest and other priorities?
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You’re about to find out!
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In this episode, Jordan talks with Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and author about how to break the pattern of people-pleasing.
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Get ready to take some notes and tune in to this episode to learn:
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✨ Karen’s personal experience with people-pleasing and her experiment with saying no to extra commitments
✨ How to discern what pleases God rather than what pleases people
✨ The problems with overserving or saying yes to too many commitments
✨ Questions you can ask yourself to determine if you should say yes to a request
✨ Why saying no or setting boundaries doesn’t make you selfish or a “bad Christian”
✨ What it looks like to live out your own priorities rather than caving to the opinions and expectations of others
✨ Practical tips for saying no to extra commitments
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And let us know in the comments: what was your biggest takeaway from this episode?