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Why Do We People-Please? Digging Deeper Into the “Why”
People-pleasing doesn’t come from nowhere—it’s shaped by our experiences, culture, and even survival instincts. In this post, I dive into the deeper reasons why we say “yes” when we mean “no” and explore how understanding these patterns can help us break free.
Breaking Free from People-Pleasing: My Journey to Becoming Authentically Me
For years, I let people-pleasing shape my choices—staying quiet when I wanted to speak up, shelving my dreams to keep the peace, and constantly putting others’ needs before my own. It wasn’t until I understood why I was doing it that I could finally start to break the cycle and reconnect with what I truly wanted.