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Miv, in Jennie Godfrey’s The List of Suspicious Things said “Yes” to adventurous sleuthing! Our next book is about saying yes to everything! In the Year of Yes, Shonda Rhimes writes about her own story this time. Using her wit and clever viewpoint, she takes us on a journey of a year when she breaks through her social anxiety by saying “yes”!

Do you remember being Miv’s age and finding it easier to say yes? When was the last time you said yes without hesitation? Without later regretting it? At what age did “yes” happen in instances where you wanted to say “no” so youu could say yes to something you would rather be doing? Were you the friend that instigated or the friend that followed? What position do you take now?

Lots off great conversation to be had about The Year of Yes

This is the second in a four part series on The Experience of Yes. Feel free to jump in at any point… no need to take in order.

I’ll be there at 6:30 with some of my favorite resources I’ve found on Amazon. You can grab a beverage and snack and be ready for us to start at 7.

The Experience of “Yes”

“Yes” is such a tiny word with immense power! It establishes boundaries and breaks barriers, gathers momentum and creates new paths. With so much at stake, why do we use it without much thought? Or withhold when we want to shout it out loud?

Saying yes to this series will lead to curiosity, insight, connection and maybe a little rebellion as we get up close and personal with the nuances of that three letter word…”yes”.

So let’s explore “yes” in new ways:

Physiologically : Why your brain sometimes leaps before it looks and sometimes hides behind a tree while everyone else moved onto a different game.

Sociologically : How culture teaches us when to nod politely and when to get our boots on and say “Hell yeah!” (Even when our body is saying “hell no”) and when to walk away without a word.

Psychologically: How our mind will mix all the feeling memories associated with our past yeses to negotiate with our habitual yeses and the new ones we are trying to speak.

Literature: How the stories we tell ourselves and others influence our present moment and our future stories. How great stories land and bounce about in the existing pile of yeses that we already hold, creating new chapters in our lives, every moment, every day,

So grab a tasty treat and delicious beverage, then head over to join me In the cozy meeting room at Pilgrim Coffee Co, where we will discover the magic of the nuances of “Yes!”

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