It is because I am direct with you and a straight shooter that I care about you. Let your YES mean YES, and your “No” mean “No.” One of the commitments I work to live by is… If it’s not a ‘HELL YES’” - meaning a jump up in the air, OMG-I-am-so-excited, dance-my-ass-off-EEEEEEEEEEEEK-Yipee - than it’s a “no.” This was a hard-fought lesson when I was a people-pleasing, please-everyone-love-me, addict’s daughter with daddy issues, but as I started to listen more to my soul, my heart, and trust my gut, and believe in myself more, I saw that me sacrificing my soul to please others served NO ONE. So I stopped. And I started saying “Yes” only to what I thought was 100% aligned. And, sure, sometimes, telling a friend a “no” or a client a “no” or telling a customer a “no” feels kinda crappy… at the moment. When I told my Pilates clients that I had to close my studio (aka a “no” to training them anymore), it felt sooooo freaking hard. I loved my clients. Some I’d been working with for nearly a decade. But, at the cost of my soul? Or my mission? Or my dreams? TOTALLY WORTH IT. And actually, for my clients who became coaching clients, it actually ended up serving them MORE than just a good workout - it changed their life! That’s what happens when you say YES to your soul, and “no” to the things that are not in alignment with your highest and best. Because your highest and best, is also everyone else’s highest and best, and it’s inspiring them to also live in their highest and best, which is inspiring others to live in their highest and best.