people pleasing

What Is It, and How Do We Stop?

Tags: Anger, disappointment, honesty, inverted narcissism, Over-Givers, over-responsible, overthinking, people pleasing, perfectionism, recognising your feelings, rejection, self-blame, shame, taking things personally Since I started writing Baggage Reclaim, I’ve become increasingly mindful of where I tend to take things personally. These …

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How to Identify What You Need to Learn to Move On

It’s not unusual after a challenging experience to wonder what life lessons we might take from it. Whether it comes from wanting to avoid making the same mistake again, ensuring we take better care of ourselves, or simply wanting to …

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Ignoring, Dismissing and Overriding Ourselves Always Leads to Problems

Tags: being too picky in relationships, dating anxiety, fear versus intuition, Gut & Intuition, healing from trauma, hypervigilance, identifying problems/issues in relationships, judging others, listening to your body, listening to yourself, people pleasing, self-critical, the five stages of relationships, The …

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Listen to a Chapter from The Joy of Saying No

In this week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions, I give listeners an exclusive sneak peek by reading the first chapter from my forthcoming book The Joy of Saying No.  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android 5 key topics in this episode It didn’t …

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How to Get Out of Something You’ve Already Agreed To

It’s tricky when we find ourselves wanting to get out of something we’ve agreed to. We don’t like letting people down and feeling like we’re “flaky” or “lazy”. Side note: we’re not.  If you need to get out something you’ve …

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It’s Due to People Pleasing

Something many of us find baffling is painful, sucky, one-sided relationships that, despite resenting our mistreatment by the other party, we find it challenging to create healthier boundaries and distance and/or cut ties. It’s all too easy to judge ourselves …

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New Year, New No, and Recognising the Dark Side of People Pleasing

Tags: Anger, burnout, hiding anger and control, how to stop being a people pleaser, obsessing about my relationship or breakup, Obsessive entitlement, people pleasing, recovering people pleaser, Stress, Tiger Woods, toxic stress In the final 2022 episode of The Baggage …

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