On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Stop Saying Yes When You Want to Say No (Use This Simple Daily Practice to Set Boundaries Without Guilt)

May 8, 2026·25 min·4-min readnarrativeself improvement
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True peace is not the absence of conflict but the ability to stand within life's storms without being destroyed by them. This episode dismantles the myth of peace as passive calm and reframes it as an active, deliberate practice built through specific, often difficult choices that reclaim

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