Best Of: The People Pleasing Dilemma

People pleasing can come in all shapes and sizes. You may be an assertive person and STILL find yourself rushing in to manage everyone else’s feelings, expectations and life experience. Tune in for a discussion about what people pleasing can look like, why we do it, our personal experiences trying to keep others happy, and strategies for changing our habits. Making these changes may not be easy, but it’s essential for living wholeheartedly and creating safe relationships with others. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• 10 signs you’re a people pleaser
• How everyone can have their own version of people pleasing
• Our personal experiences with people pleasing
• People pleasing as a sense of control
• Relationships are safer for everyone when we let go of people pleasing
• How to start setting boundaries + saying no 
• Coping with the discomfort of setting boundaries

Resources and links for this episode:

“10 Signs You’re a People Pleaser” on Psychology Today

“Six Somatic Skills: How to Settle The Nervous System”

“Clear is Kind. Unclear is Unkind” by Brené Brown

We Can Do Hard Things: Ep. 257

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