Episode 167 Curing the disease to please

Are you a people pleaser? It’s nice to be nice and we will do kind and thoughtful things for many reasons, but that’s not the same as people pleasing which is defined as ‘striving to please others in order to gain their approval, or to avoid criticism or conflict, whilst sacrificing your own needs and wants in the process.’ This week, I’m taking a deep dive into the ‘disease to please’. I explore the causes, the symptoms and the cure, including 9 practical ways to overcome the ingrained habit of excessive people pleasing.

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