For the high-achieving Black woman ready to stop people-pleasing  ·  Dr. Jite

ENOUGH

Interrupt the Automatic Yes Before You Agree to Something You Already Know You Don't Want to Do

A 4-module self-paced workbook + guided audio experience

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You probably know your answer more often than you think.

Your friend texts and asks if you want to go to brunch on Sunday. You read the message and know you don't feel like going.

But you don't say that.

You look at your calendar even though you already know there's nothing on it. Then you start thinking about the last time you saw her, whether you've been saying no too much lately, and the fact that she came to your birthday dinner when she probably didn't feel like coming either.

So you type, "Let me see what I have going on."

Why?

You already knew what you wanted to do.

Or maybe somebody asks you for something and you say yes before you've even thought about whether you want to do it. Then later, when you're driving home or looking at your calendar, you think, "Why did I agree to that?"

And sometimes you do say no.

But then the person asks again. This time they explain a little more about what's going on and why they need you. Now you're reconsidering saying yes, even though nothing about what you wanted changed.

This is the part I'm interested in. What happened between knowing what you wanted to do and the answer you eventually gave?

Sometimes the decision gets harder because you don't have a reason that feels good enough.

Say somebody wants to stay at your house for a week and you don't want them to.

You have a guest room, so space isn't the issue. You can afford the extra groceries. Having them there isn't going to create some major financial problem for you.

You simply don't want somebody staying in your house for a week.

But is that enough?

Now you start thinking about what you were taught about helping people. You think about what family does for family. You know if you needed somewhere to stay, you would hope somebody would help you.

And before long, the question isn't only, "Do I want them staying here?"

You're asking yourself whether you're being selfish. Whether you should help because you can. Whether saying no makes you a bad sister, friend, daughter or person.

Maybe it's not your house. Maybe your adult child asks you for money again after you already said the last time was the last time.

The money is there. You can afford to give it to them, so this isn't about whether you'll be able to pay your own bills.

But you meant what you said the last time.

Now what?

Does having the money mean you should give it?

Does the fact that this is your child change your answer?

What happens to what you wanted to do once all of those other things enter the decision?

You can know what you want and still struggle with whether what you want is enough information to make the decision.

And no, I am not trying to get you to start saying no to everybody.

Sometimes yes is going to be your answer.

You might think about your sister staying at your house and decide that you still don't want her there, but you love her and this is one of those times when helping her matters more to you.

You might decide to give your child the money again.

You might go to the dinner you didn't particularly want to attend because you've decided being there for your friend matters to you.

That's fine.

The point isn't that you should have said no.

The question is whether you decided to say yes.

Because there's a difference between considering everything that matters to you and deciding that yes is what you want to do, and knowing what you want but assuming everybody else's needs, expectations and feelings automatically matter more.

If you decide to say yes, I want you to know that you chose the yes.

You may already know you do this.

Maybe you've read the books about boundaries. You've heard people tell you that no is a complete sentence. You may even have a few good responses ready for the next time somebody asks you for something.

But knowing how to say no isn't necessarily the problem.

You can know exactly what to say and still change your answer when somebody asks again.

You can say no and spend the rest of the afternoon thinking about whether you were wrong.

You can decide you're not lending money again and still start reconsidering when somebody you love tells you what happened.

You can know what a boundary is and still struggle when keeping yours means disappointing somebody you care about.

So ENOUGH doesn't give you another list of things you're supposed to say.

It gives you somewhere to look at what happens when you already have an answer and then start questioning whether you get to keep it.

THIS IS WHY I CREATED ENOUGH.

I wanted to create something that would help you look at these decisions while you're making them in your actual life.

Not so you can become somebody who never changes her mind. Sometimes you get more information and changing your mind makes sense.

And not so you can start putting yourself first in every situation. I don't believe every decision works that way.

I want you to notice when you have an answer, what makes you start questioning it, and whether you're changing it because you genuinely want to or because keeping it has become uncomfortable.

Because if you've been making decisions this way for years, awareness by itself may not change what happens the next time somebody asks.

You need somewhere to practice.

That's what ENOUGH is for.

Dr. Jite
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"I would not have done that before. I would have stayed quiet and made sure everyone else was okay. That's not who I am anymore."

— Racquel L., Former 1:1 Client

How it works

The yes happens fast. ENOUGH helps you slow it down.

01

The Trigger

Someone asks for something. Before you have time to decide, your body reacts.

02

The Two-Second Window

Your chest tightens. Your shoulders rise. Your breath changes. This is the moment before the yes comes out.

03

Choose Your Answer

You pause long enough to answer from what you want instead of what will keep everyone else comfortable.

You do not need more willpower. You need to catch what happens before your mouth answers for you.

WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE ENOUGH

We start with decisions you've already made because they're going to tell you more than another lesson about what you should be doing.

You'll look at times you said yes and what your first answer was before you got there. You'll look at what you told yourself, what mattered to you at the time and how you felt about the decision afterward.

Then we move into what happens when your answer is no. You'll figure out what you would actually say in your own words, including what you want to say if the person asks again.

We also spend time with what happens after you say no, because sometimes that's where the answer changes. You may still believe no is the right answer for you and feel bad about giving it. Those two things can exist at the same time.

By the end, you'll choose one situation in your life where you want to respond differently. You'll decide what you're going to do, give it a date and make the commitment to yourself.

Yes is still available and so is no. So is "I need to think about it." The point is to give yourself enough room to decide.

THE FOUR MODULES

MODULE 1

THE YES AUDIT

Look at the decisions you've already made and notice what happened between your first answer and the answer you eventually gave.

MODULE 2

THE NO PRACTICE

Practice saying what you mean in words you would actually use, including what you want to say when somebody asks again.

MODULE 3

THE GUILT PRACTICE

Look at what happens when you still believe your answer is right for you, but saying no makes you uncomfortable or feel bad.

MODULE 4

THE COMMITMENT

Choose one real situation where you want to respond differently and decide what you're going to do next.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

The complete ENOUGH workbook

Four modules designed to be completed at your own pace using situations from your actual life.

Four guided audios

Each module has a corresponding audio. Listen first, then work through that section of the workbook.

The After ENOUGH guide

When you've finished the workbook, this gives you something simple to return to the next time somebody asks you for something and you feel yourself headed toward saying yes before you've decided.

Lifetime access

Come back whenever you need it.

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THINK ABOUT THE NEXT TIME SOMEBODY ASKS.

You get the text. Your phone rings. Somebody brings something up while you're sitting at dinner.

And you notice that you already have an answer.

This time, instead of immediately explaining it away or trying to figure out whether you have a good enough reason for it, you give yourself a minute.

You think about what the other person needs because that matters to you.

You think about your relationship with them.

You think about what you have available.

And you also leave what you want in the conversation long enough to decide what you're going to do with all of that information.

If you decide yes, you know why you're saying yes.

And if you decide no, feeling uncomfortable afterward doesn't automatically send you back to change the answer.

That's different.

Not because you'll always make the perfect decision.

Because you were there when the decision was made.

"I would not have done that before. I would have stayed quiet and made sure everyone else was okay. That's not who I am anymore."

— Racquel L., Former 1:1 Client

MAYBE YOU WOULD NEVER CALL YOURSELF A PEOPLE PLEASER.

I understand.

You may be the person people call because they know you'll figure something out.

You may genuinely enjoy helping people. You may believe that when you have more, you should give more. Your faith, your family and the way you were raised may have shaped what generosity and responsibility mean to you.

None of that has to be wrong.

But there may also be moments when you know you don't want to do something and still find yourself trying to come up with a reason that feels more acceptable than "I don't want to."

There may be decisions you've already made that you reopen as soon as somebody is disappointed.

There may be times when you say yes because technically you can, even though you know you don't want to.

That's what I want you to notice.

You don't have to make the way you've lived your life wrong to start asking whether you still want to make every decision the same way.

Imagine

You have completed ENOUGH.

Someone asks for your Saturday, and you pause before answering.
You keep the money you would have spent fixing someone else's discomfort.
You say no and do not send another message explaining it.
You stop calling yourself selfish every time you choose what you want.
The project you kept postponing has a date.
The conversation you kept rehearsing has happened.
Someone asks how you are, and you say something true.
Your life does not become empty when you stop saying yes to everything.

It finally has room for you.

You can also close this page and keep waiting for saying no to feel easier.

Next week, someone asks.

Your body reacts.

You say yes.

You move your Saturday, pay for something you did not want, or agree to handle one more thing.

Then you wonder why you did it again.

The Automatic Yes does not disappear because you understand it.

It changes when you practice interrupting it.

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ENOUGH

You already have an answer more often than you think.

ENOUGH helps you look at what happens before you change it, practice giving the answer you mean to give and make one real decision about what you want to do differently from here.

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