Thing is, for me, just doing it IS a big deal. Saying to just do it is like telling someone to write with their other hand, "Other people write with that hand, why can't you?" I just don't have the power or confidence to do that after being conditioned that I'm not worthy over a long time. As for "the worst she can is 'no'." Exactly that's the whole of the other half of it.
You do realize that you are the one doing the conditioning, right?