How do you say no when you feel obligated to say yes?

Obligation is a funny thing. If someone never feels obligated to anything, what does that say about their emotional connection to other humans? (That might be a different Quick Hits conversation.)

For most of us we do things out of obligation every day. Commitments we have made to ourselves or other people or (more often it feels) expectations others have put on us.

I asked Alexi Bracey and Dr Cole Galloway about strategies they use to say no.One thing I didn't get a chance to ask is, what about the guilt? When you feel obligated to say yes and you don't there is often guilt. (Yet another conversation.) 

How do you say no when you feel like you "should" say yes?

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Alexi Bracey: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexi-bracey-34935a7/
Cole Galloway, PT, PhD: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cole-galloway-1ba715107/ 
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

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