Soft‑Yes: How to Say Maybe Without Burning Bridges

People often default to ghosting, hard declines, or overcommitted promises when they actually mean 'maybe'—and that friction costs dignity and future options. This 120–200 word episode teaches the Soft‑Yes: a short, privacy‑safe ritual to hold interest without misleading. Listeners learn three clear moves—Affirm ( acknowledge interest ), Condition ( name the limiting factor or timing ), and Recalibrate ( offer what 'maybe' concretely means and a reopen cue )—plus exact delivery lanes for text, voice, and in‑person moments. Sarah models warm tone and micro‑pauses, offers cultural and neurodivergent phrasing swaps, and includes a safety note for power‑imbalanced situations. The episode ends with a 3‑thread micro‑experiment: use one Soft‑Yes pattern across three threads this week and log clarity, reopen rate, and energy saved. Close is a practiced rehearsal prompt in Sarah’s voice, an explicit subscribe CTA aligned with the show, and the signature sign‑off: Stay curious.

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