When You Deserve Better

Regain Your Power By Changing “Yes” to “No”

Alayne Unterberger
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
4 min readJan 25, 2023

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Photo by Austin Schmid on Unsplash

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you just decided to say “No” when you know society expects you to say “Yes”? Does that scare you?

I was not raised to say “No”. It was my job to please people and say “Yes”. I learned this…

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Alayne Unterberger
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

@Dralayne is a medical anthropologist, nonprofit executive, adjunct faculty and researcher focusing on work, gender and migration. writes fiction, mental health