UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone 4. People Pleasing
Nov 16, 2017
In this podcast, they discuss how our upbringing and society has led us to engage in people pleasing, prioritizing others' wants over our own. They explore the negative effects this has on our personal and professional lives, particularly for women. The podcast encourages listeners to value their own preferences, offers upcoming events, and introduces 'the clutch', a resource for building relationships and connecting with a supportive community.
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Laura's People Pleasing Story
- Laura Lowenthal shares how she initially created a coaching brand to please others, focusing on coaching lawyers to maintain social respect.
- She realized this was people pleasing since she was denying her true coaching identity to keep approval.
People Pleasing Defined
- People pleasing means prioritizing what others think over your own thoughts.
- It results in sacrificing your needs to ensure others are pleased.
Women’s Social Conditioning
- Women are socially conditioned to prioritize others' comfort and happiness over their own.
- Vocal women are often negatively labeled, teaching them to suppress their true opinions.