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A Former People-Pleaser Speaks Up Without Shutting Down
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What does it cost you to keep everyone else comfortable?
Katy Downey spent years as the peacekeeper — the one who caved in, went along, and numbed out with whatever was close: reading, drinking, food, anything to not feel what she felt. At almost 50, she realized nobody had it together — and the answer she'd been looking for in other people had to be found in herself. "My answer was with him. My answer today is with me."
In this conversation, Katy talks about what she was trying to survive as a little girl, the hypervigilance that followed her into adulthood, and the fork in…
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