No. 44 Being decisive, navigating people pleasing + trusting yourself
It’s a grab bag (well-check) episode all about one of the messiest parts of life: decision-making. A handful of listeners wrote in with questions that all circle around the same quiet fear—what if I get it wrong?
We explore:
how to tell if you’re choosing what’s right or just what’s familiar
what to do with regret, even when a choice felt right at the time
how to stop outsourcing your decisions to everyone else
why fear often does accompany the right decision
how to rebuild self-trust after years of people-pleasing
Whether you're standing at a crossroads, replaying a choice you made months ago, or wondering how to stop second-guessing yourself, I hope you hear something today that helps you.
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Your prescription for living well, dose for this week: People-pleasing is a self-protective strategy we developed. We lean toward this protective behavior because it’s more innate + aligned with the natural aptitude + skills we have. You will most likely always be someone who cares a lot for people, notices how people are doing + takes other people into consideration. This doesn’t necessarily undermine your self-trust and the way you make choices. Making assumptions about what someone wants/needs, overextending ourselves to avoid disappointing others —is a learned behavior + safety/seeking/strategy. Instead of going against our best interest by preserving that safety strategy, we can remember, it’s not YOU. You are not your strategies. TIP: try out micro-rebellions („• ֊ •„)੭ against your people-pleasing strategy. Little push-backs against that PP thing we do. Micro-boundaries, doing something just for you, have a consultation with just yourself. 🫶
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