The Embodiment Coaching Podcast 733. Breaking Free from People Pleasing - With Mark Walsh
Sep 9, 2025
Explore how people pleasing can be an anxiety-driven pattern rooted in body language and social interactions. Discover practical techniques for cultivating mindfulness and setting healthy boundaries. Gain insights into the importance of postural habits and self-awareness, empowering you to prioritize your own needs. Learn about the concept of calibration in coaching, balancing authenticity with cultural context. This conversation provides grounded tools to help you break free from the cycle of making others happy at your own expense.
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People Pleasing Is Human And Variable
- People pleasing is a universal human tendency rooted in empathy, not a personal failing.
- Mark Walsh points out we all have parts that want others to be happy and different tolerance for sacrifice.
Teaching Kids And Cultural Smiling Differences
- Mark shares teaching experience with children and contrasts cultural smiling norms in Eastern Europe.
- He uses these stories to show how posture and facial expressions reveal pleasing habits.
Five Daily 30-Second Mindfulness Checks
- Set an alarm five times a day and ask yourself for 30 seconds: 'What do I need right now?'.
- Use this simple mindfulness check-in to retrain your attentional habit away from others' needs.