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• PauseWhen you're being pressured to answer, decide, or agree right now.
• BoundaryWhen someone crosses a line — physical, verbal, or personal.
• RedirectWhen a question or comment is off-track and you need to steer it back.
• Name itWhen something condescending, dismissive, or unfair just happened out loud.
• ExitWhen staying is the wrong option — leave the conversation, room, or situation.
• RepeatWhen you've said it once and it's being ignored, minimized, or reframed.
• HoldWhen you're being interrupted or spoken over.
• ClarifyWhen a question is vague, loaded, or a trap dressed as curiosity.
• RefuseWhen the ask itself isn't something you'll do — and no explanation is owed.
• AnchorWhen you're being pulled off your own facts, numbers, or expertise.
• WitnessWhen something happens to someone else in front of you.
• DeflectWhen a comment is personal, invasive, or none of their business.