How to Say "No" to Family

Learn how to say “no” to family when you have your own needs to care for AND feel more relaxed as a result.

Develop the important communication skill of saying “no” while building closer relationships with family at the same time.

• Build 3 critical skills for self-awareness
• Recognize your auto-pilot behavior versus authentic needs, or longings
• Learn how to make conscious choices and take responsibility for them
• Eliminate fear, stress, anxiety (barriers) to saying “no”
• Discover relief and relaxation in your new ability to say “no” and keep family connections positive

A life-changing communication skill for honest family relationships, relaxation and personal fulfillment

Learning how to say “no” can be a life-changing due to its applicability in all kinds of circumstances. Starting with your own family members is important, because these can be the trickiest of situations (due to old, hard-to-change patterns). Once you grow awareness of the barriers that prevent you from saying “no” when you really want to, new possibilities of choice and freedom open up. And learning how to get to know your own needs allows you to be more honest, authentic WHILE building developing closer family connections. This all enables you to lead a more fulfilled life. . . something we all want.  

Content and Overview
This lifehack course was developed to be easily understood and possible to apply immediately by anyone ready for personal growth and who cares about keeping family connections positive, while expressing honestly and authentically. For so many of us, this is really new. It was for us, and because we are benefiting daily from our experiences, we are eager to share with you our knowledge, personal examples, tools and templates, and space for your own practice. 

Through this course of X lectures and X hours of content, you will build new communication skills that enable you to say “no” with far more ease and relaxation.  

You will build three critical skills for self-awareness, involving your thoughts, emotions and longings. This is the first step toward freedom of choice and moving out of your auto-pilot behavior. Once you are clear about your choice to say “no” to a request or expectations, you will have learned how to express that in a connecting way – your “yes” to yourself or your personal needs, or longings.

Along the way, you will learn how to deal with and even eliminate fear, stress, anxiety—the barriers that prevent you from saying your authentic “no.”

Lastly, you will learn how to deal with the reaction you receive after a family member hears you say “no” to them. This is a critical part of contributing to a positive interaction with mutual understanding.

In the process, you can anticipate to discover relief and relaxation in your new ability to say “no” and keep family connections positive.   

Complete with downloadable exercises and PDF resources, this course will enable you to immediately start applying your new skills in daily interactions with family members (as well as the many other people making requests to you). You will find more ease in being genuinely honest—saying “no” when you do not have a full “yes”—while also caring for important family relationships in your life.