Week 1: Introduction — The Decision Dilemma

1.Lysa opens by describing a woman who is emotionally and physically depleted because she cannot stop saying yes. How much of that picture resonated with your own life? Be specific — what does your version of that exhaustion look like?

2.She introduces the phrase "the disease to please." In your own words, how would you define it? What are the symptoms you recognize in yourself?

3.Lysa argues that a small yes given without thought or prayer can set off a chain reaction of consequences far beyond what we anticipated. Can you think of a time when one casual yes snowballed into something much larger than you bargained for?