Start Choosing You
Start Choosing You
Meg Sloan
5. Why people pleasing actually makes total sense
26 minutes Posted Feb 4, 2022 at 1:00 am.
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In today’s solo episode I’m breaking down why your people pleasing tendencies actually make perfect sense.

People pleasing can come with a lot of shame and I hope today’s episode shows you that it’s not your fault that people pleasing became your coping strategy – it’s actually very understandable.

I also discussed:

  • How our fight or flight response shows up in social situations
  • Beliefs that are getting in the way of you stopping you from overcoming people pleasing
  • Why you don’t always have to be growing or healing
  • How to actually apply what you learn in podcasts
  • Why our brains tend to seek out safety and comfort
  • The importance of tolerating distress when changing people pleasing tendencies


Journal prompts from today’s episode:

  1. Where do I tend to people please to avoid an uncomfortable feeling?
  2. Given what I’ve learnt, how can I be more compassionate to myself when I am people pleasing?


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I mentioned a blog post I wrote on managing your emotions – you can read this here.


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If you would like support in overcoming people pleasing tendencies, go to www.megsloan.co.uk to find out more.