“WTF Does Move the Needle Mean?” | Saying No

About this episode

Stephanie and Melissa discuss the challenges and importance of saying no in various contexts.

Welcome back to More Better! This week, Stephanie and Melissa tackle the art of saying no: from people-pleasing tendencies to pregnancy as the ultimate excuse. Melissa opens up about how she learned to say NO by watching Steph during the Brooklyn Nine-Nine years ("You can just say that?!"), while Steph reveals her ancestors' low-key panic about her daughter going skiing (absolutely not). Featuring: teaching your kids to use you as the fall guy, polite lying as a valid boundary tool, a thrilling round of guilt-o-meter roulette, gaggles of girls that aren't your gaggle and Steph’s groundbreaking theory that West Coast snow is soft while East Coast snow is hard, just like their people. Ooooo. Ahhhhh. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Stephanie, Melissa

Topics covered

• saying no
• people-pleasing
• parenting
• boundaries
• personal growth

Keywords

• saying no
• people-pleasing
• parenting
• boundaries
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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