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Financial Feminist

158. Is People Pleasing Ruining Your Life? with Kara Loewentheil

May 21, 2024
Master Certified Life Coach Kara Loewentheil challenges societal self-improvement norms, urging listeners to prioritize self-love over external validation. The discussion explores rewiring thought patterns for self-acceptance, combating people-pleasing behaviors, and fueling personal growth with self-compassion. Dive into breaking free from societal pressures and embracing financial empowerment through empowering mindset shifts.
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  • Societal expectations fuel self-criticism in women, leading to a cycle of people-pleasing and seeking external validation.
  • Challenging ingrained norms requires shifts in thinking and rewiring thought patterns for empowerment and autonomy.

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Impact of Rejection Sensitivity on Women

Women's sensitivity to rejection stems from evolutionary history when survival depended on social acceptance. Society ingrains the belief that a woman's role is to serve others, leading to anxiety about people-pleasing. This pressure is not a sign of weakness, but a result of societal expectations shaping female identity and behavior.

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