Encore: The Power of No, Part 1

Dear Sugars

WBUR

Boston, Wbur, Sugar, Cheryl Strayed, Society & Culture, Dear, Relationships, Advice, Steve Almond

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

There’s incredible power in saying “yes.” It opens up avenues and allows us to be brave. In Cheryl's case, it’s what led to her becoming Sugar. But saying yes to life's opportunities can also have its risks. In this favorite episode from the archives, The Sugars are joined by Oprah Winfrey to discuss when to say no, how to say no, and what happens in the wake of that. This episode was originally released July 15th, 2017.

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0:00.0	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:13.0	The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.
0:17.0	The sugars are here, speaking straight into your ears.
0:21.0	I'm Steve Olman.
0:22.0	I'm Cheryl Strait.
0:23.0	This is Dear Sugar's.
0:25.0	Oh dear song, won't you please?
0:33.0	Share some better sweet days with me.
0:40.0	I check my bedbugs every day.
0:48.0	Oh, and this sugar, using my way.
0:56.0	Hi Steve.
0:57.0	Hi Cheryl.
0:58.0	So back in February of 2010, a momentous thing happened.
1:02.0	You sent me an email.
1:03.0	I hardly knew you then.
1:04.0	I think that a lot of our listeners think that we knew each other well.
1:09.0	But actually we were acquaintances.
1:10.0	We had met at a conference.
1:11.0	And you sent me an email making a confession.
1:14.0	You said, I am the person who writes the Dear Sugar column on this website called The Rumpus.
1:21.0	It needs some new life.
1:23.0	And I think you are the person to do it.
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