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The Approval Trap | Part 3 When Being Needed Becomes Your Role
Why does everything seem to fall on you? If you are always the dependable one, the fixer, the strong friend, or the person everyone calls when something goes wrong, what looks like competence on the outside may also be a pattern of over functioning, people-pleasing, emotional labor, and carrying more than your share in relationships.
In Part 3 of The Approval Trap, Dr. J. Nicole Simpson explores what happens when being needed becomes part of your identity. This conversation moves beyond simply learning how to say no and looks at the way people-pleasing can quietly shape entire relationships…
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