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What isn’t talked about enough when it comes to people-pleasing
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As the saying goes: ‘We don’t have to set ourselves on fire to keep others warm.’ So true, right? Yet some of us do this on a regular basis in the name of being ‘easy-going’, ‘low-maintenance’, or ‘helpful’. Where does people-pleasing come from? For some, this pattern comes from an underlying belief that connection…
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On People-pleasing
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What is people-pleasing? People-pleasing is not your character or your nature — it’s a strategy. It’s a learned behaviour that often develops as a way to stay safe and maintain connection. At some point, you might have learned that in order to be liked and accepted, you had to put others’ needs before your…