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Ep. 08 | Your People-Pleasing Isn't Kindness; It's a Wound

In this episode, I'm talking about people-pleasing — where it comes from, why we do it, and why it still shows up even after years of healing work.

If you've listened to my episode on relationships, you already know part of my story: that for a long time, I believed I was only loved when I was sick. What I get into here is the deeper pattern underneath that belief — the way children instinctively scan their caretakers for cues on how to be safe, loved, and accepted, and how, when a parent can't fully meet that need, we start adjusting who we are to close the gap. That's where people-pleasing…

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