Choice Point 1.5 — The Pause Before You Say Yes

This is an audio-only Choice Point episode.

It’s not a lesson.
It’s not a meditation.
And it’s not asking you to fix anything.

This episode exists to slow down a moment you’ve lived hundreds of times —
the moment someone you care about asks for something,
and you say yes before checking in with yourself.

You’ll hear the same scenario twice.

First, the familiar path:
the automatic yes, the quiet rearranging, the later depletion that doesn’t quite make sense.

Then, the same moment again —
but slowed down just enough for the pause to appear.

Not so you can force a different response.
Not so you can become “better” at boundaries.
But so you can feel the moment where choice actually lives.

You don’t need to take notes.
You don’t need to do this right.
You don’t need to choose differently.

Just listen.
And notice what happens in your body.

That’s enough.