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In this Season 4 continuation, Jen Simpson sits with Jean Tien to explore the hidden cost of over-responsibility and what happens when saying yes becomes a survival strategy instead of a choice. This conversation goes deeper into how people-pleasing, blurred boundaries, and self-abandonment quietly shape our leadership, relationships, and legacy.

Together, they unpack how learning to say no is not rejection, but protection—and how reclaiming self-trust is essential for sustainable leadership and generational change.

This episode explores:

1. Over-responsibility as a learned survival pattern

2. The emotional and relational cost of always saying yes

3. Boundaries as an act of self-trust, not selfishness

4. Competence versus confidence in leadership

5. Why self-abandonment feels normal until it doesn’t

6. Choosing presence, peace, and alignment over approval

This episode continues the foundation of Season 4: Legacy by Choice. Chosen, Not Inherited.
Because legacy is not only about what we build.
It’s about what we stop carrying forward.

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💬 Reflection question:
Where are you saying yes out of habit instead of alignment—and what would it look like to choose differently?

Saying no is not selfish.
It’s how we protect our life and our legacy.

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