A friend kept negotiating with Charu over a weekend plan, and she finally told him she didn't have the capacity. She'd practiced that line in the mirror first. Afterward she felt happy and relieved, like she'd done something for herself, and her confidence started growing from there. We also got into how saying yes to everything ends in burnout.
The First Time She Said No and Felt Relief
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