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Ep. 259: The Trouble With Overgiving and Overcompensating

The Baggage Reclaim Sessions

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Breaking the Cycle of Overgiving and OverCompensating

When we use giving to get our way, we also give ourselves permission to do certain things. If we feel bad after we help or give, it's not helping or giving. This false giving stops us from having to be truthful about a situation and who some one is. As a recovering people pleaser and perfectionist, it was deeply uncomfortable to acknowledge the hidden agender in these habits. Yo. I've been covering up feelings of low self worth and trying to make up for these various things that happened in my childhood. All for this people pleasing perfectionism, the over responsibility yor the over givein, the over thinking. We are engaging in problematic giving. Every time we over

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