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March 3, 2019,
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I actually saw a robin this week, When I went to find a picture of a robin, I found this picture of robin eggs. This is the color of New Mexico sky. It was quite amazing to think about that - about all of it is connected.
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I related that to the RR program. I used to be very bothered by lying by my dd. But it really doesn't happen anymore. I am not sure how much that has to do with my reaction to it changing and how much to do with her need to lie changing. The steady food seems to have affected both. Overall our relationship is not volatile anymore. I cannot pinpoint exactly what happened when, or what the causal piece is. But since doing this program, (and dd is not yet completely off sugar) we are much more calm and happy.

Keep doing breakfast, keep those communication lines open.

Hmm, maybe that is part of the change. As we open communication lines to talk about food and ask what they want and how they would fit in protein, those communication lines stay open in other issues as well. And as you get more steady, you are more able to be calm which inspires kids to talk more. I don't know, I am thinking as I write this to you. But I do know that lying has gone out of our life as we have gotten more and more steady with our food.

Lisa
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I just wanted to take a minute to let you know how profound Wed. chat was for me. It felt like you were reading my mind. I was right there with it. Then I realized, "wait a minute, all these other people are experiencing this too!" It was one of those wonder moments for me and I just had to let you know.

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42 Ways to Say No
Margot Silk-Forrest

Margot Silk Forest is one of my most favorite people in the world. She taught me how to graciously say *no*. I think this is a great time of year to hear it again! I have included her list of 42 ways to say No right here. Print this and put it in your wallet. Kathleen

42 Ways to Say No

(or buy time until you can)

by Margot Silk Forrest

author of A Short Course in Kindness

A lot of us have difficulty saying No. This list, offered with compassion and a little humor, will help you get comfortable with turning people down, refusing to answer nosy or offensive questions, asking people to stop doing something you dont like, and telling others you disagree them.

As you develop your No muscles, see if you can shift from saying I cant to forthrightly saying I wont. Also try exchanging I dont want you to for Dont. You will feel vastly more empowered -- and have more time for yourself and the people you really care about when you do.

When Someone Asks You To Do Something For Them or With Them

  1. The enthusiastic (polite/helpful/etc.) part of me would like to say yes, but the rest of me is overcommitted (more realistic/unwilling/etc.).
  2. I don't know. I'll have to think that over.
  3. I wish I could help you out, but Im overextended/overcommitted right now.
  4. I'm going to pass. I'm really trying to slow down my pace these days.
  5. Thats something Ill have to think about.
  6. I don't have my calendar with me, but I can call and let you know tomorrow.
  7. Sorry, I'm already booked.
  8. No, I can't make it after all. But it was nice of you to ask.
  9. Ill think it over.
  10. Thanks, but I'm way too tired.
  11. No, that's not really my thing.
  12. Don't hold your breath!
  13. I have an appointment that day/night. (And you dont have to say what it is!)
  14. Thats not for me, thanks.
  15. Oh, that sounds interesting. Let me think about it and get back to you.
  16. I'm not sure if I'm free that day/night. Let me check and call you tomorrow.
  17. Sorry, but my schedule is too full right now.
  18. The part that wants to make you happy wants to say yes, but the rest of me won the vote. I'll pass.
  19. Thanks, but I don't think I will.
  20. Thats not really something I enjoy.
  21. That doesn't work for me.
  22. That doesn't fit for me.
  23. When you want to have some fun saying no, try one of these:
  24. Not in this lifetime! Forget it! Dream on! No way, Jose!

When Someone Does, Asks, or Says Something Invasive

  1. I'm not comfortable with that.
  2. I'd like to ask you not to _________________________________.
  3. I'd like you to stop __________________________________.
  4. Please stop doing that. I dont like it.
  5. I'm uncomfortable right now with what you're saying/doing.
  6. Thats not something I talk about except with family.
  7. Lets talk about something else.
  8. I want to keep that to myself.
  9. That's my business.
  10. I'm surprised you think you have a right to that information.
  11. I don't feel like talking about it.
  12. And you are asking me this because ?? (Try saying this with a look of utter disbelief.)
  13. Sorry, that's not something I talk about.
  14. I never answer questions like that.

When Someone Says Something You Disagree With

  1. I see it differently than you do.
  2. We certainly don't agree about that.
  3. I have a different point of view.
  4. My experience of _______________________ is somewhat different.
  5. I hear what you are saying, but I dont agree with it.

Copyright 2003 by Margot Silk Forrest

Here is the Annie Lane column that brought so many of you here.


Dear Annie: I read with interest the letter from "Weird, Stupid or Selfish?" – whose husband eats all the decorative candy she puts out. His inability to resist sugar resonated with me, as I have sugar sensitivity and have engaged in exactly the same behaviors. I simply could not resist sugar.


After years of struggling and dieting and sitting in work meetings obsessing about the doughnuts instead of the topic at hand, I discovered the book "Potatoes Not Prozac," by Kathleen DesMaisons. Her theory is that people who are sugar sensitive have brains that respond differently to sugar, alcohol and refined carbs and that what they eat and when they eat it have a huge effect on them. She shows how to rebalance blood sugar levels, serotonin and beta-endorphins through small lifestyle changes and offers the latest research, free online support and seven steps to change your life. It is not about willpower; it’s about biochemistry, which her program can slowly improve, just one tiny step at a time, with amazing results.


I have been sugar-free for six years now, lost 25 pounds and never gained any of it back. I can go to dinner with family and don’t even think twice when someone orders dessert. I don’t have cravings, and sugar is no longer on my radar. I am more focused and more tolerant, and the daily mood swings are gone. The woman who wrote to you could suggest to her husband that he check out http:// radiantrecovery.com to see whether he does have sugar sensitivity. At the very least, she would be better informed about this condition. – Happy Without Sugar


Dear Happy Without Sugar: I hadn’t considered that health issues might explain

her husband’s behavior. In fact, I hadn’t even heard of sugar sensitivity.

Thanks for opening my eyes to the condition! I’d like to encourage all readers to talk to their doctors if they find themselves compulsively eating sugary snacks.

—Email questions to dearannie@creators.com


ANNIE LANE
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