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When Nice Is a Shield: Recognizing Trauma-Based People Pleasing | The Healing Reset
In this episode of The Healing Reset, host Harriet McKay explores the complex intersection of people-pleasing and trauma responses. Many individuals who say 'yes' when their bodies are screaming 'no' mistake this reflex for kindness or generosity. However, this behavior is often a survival tactic rooted in childhood experiences, where compliance was equated with safety and love. This episode distinguishes between genuine kindness, which feels expansive and allows for boundaries, and traumatic compliance, which feels contractive and stems from a fear of rejection or conflict. It is designed…
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