I’ll Probably Always Be a People Pleaser, But At Least I’ve Learned to Please the Right Ones
I’ve learned that I count. I’m a person too. I should be on that list.
I’ve learned that I count. I’m a person too. I should be on that list.
I’ve been having a fun time writing these essays about being a recovering people pleaser. Here are the first two I wrote. 11/25/2019 – Discovering… Read More »Confessions of a Recovering People Pleaser: I Still Do More Than My Fair Share, Just on a Smaller Scale
As I’ve written many times, I’m a recovering people pleaser. On confident days, I find myself venturing the idea that I am a recovered people pleaser. But… Read More »Confessions of a Recovering People Pleaser: I Didn’t Want to Change
I write quite frequently about being a recovering people pleaser, including one piece I wrote for a client about the 10 biggest lessons I learned… Read More »Confessions of a Recovering People Pleaser: Discovering Places Between Pushover and Pusher
Many long-time readers of the blog know that I identify as a recovering people pleaser. It’s been a long road to recovery, bolstered by an… Read More »Fight, Flight, Freeze… Fawn?: Responding to Danger by Becoming a People Pleaser
I’m burned out beyond compare. And I’ve reached a point where I have to retool my priorities. To take a second and think. About what matters to me, what doesn’t. What is necessary and what just feels like it’s necessary.
Have you written anything about how to set boundaries without hurting people? I struggle with worrying that I’m going to hurt people when I set… Read More »How to Set Boundaries Without Hurting People
Hi Page, I hear a lot of talk about how it’s important to set healthy boundaries. And while I was initially very skeptical of this… Read More »Setting Healthy Boundaries Without Shutting People Out Entirely Is Like Helping Someone Study But Not Letting Them Plagiarize
I had an ex who once told me, “The only thing that’s wrong with you is that you think there’s something wrong with you. You… Read More »It’s Okay to Care What Other People Think of You — But Be Specific
PQ 5.1 — Why do I have relationships with other people? (see also 4.1) * PQ 4.1 was conspicuously similar to today’s question. Here is… Read More »PQ 5.1 — Why do I have relationships with other people?