Constantly saying 'yes' and fearing judgment? You might be a people-pleaser. Learn the signs of this exhausting trait and how ...

Saying no is a practice and, each time you set one of these boundaries, you’re doing something quietly radical.

My heart is to help individuals better navigate life challenges and move towards greater self acceptance and authenticity. I tend individualize my approach to the unique needs of each client. I have ...

What’s the big idea? People-pleasing is not a personality trait. It is part of the trauma response known as fawning. Although it can be a useful mechanism at times, existing in a state of fawning ...

When life is stressful and you feel like giving up, remember that self-compassion does wonders. Here are 10 tiny signs your ...

People-pleasing sounds nice on the surface. Being kind. Being helpful. Being easy to be around. But if you’ve ever lived this ...

When that smoke alarm goes off frequently to things that aren’t dangerous, it can be a sign to seek support and develop tools ...

People pleasers put their needs last and base their decisions on others. They learn these behaviors in childhood, which often leads to problems in adult life. Therapists told Business Insider the ...

I’m a slowly recovering people-pleaser. The term “people-pleaser” gets a bad rap, and for good reason. In our most extreme form, we people pleasers are often well-intentioned but at least in part self ...

Many of us tend to diminish ourselves and others with some snappy, reductive phrase rather than dig more deeply in search of understanding. Enter the idea of the “people pleaser”. The term has a ring ...

‘People-pleasing often comes at the cost of exhaustion, resentment and blurred boundaries. Saying yes when you mean no, or ...