Showing posts with label people pleasing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label people pleasing. Show all posts
Monday, April 20, 2026

How Can People-Pleasing Behavior Affect a Relationship?

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Individuals who engage in people-pleasing behavior are often unaware of how their behavior can affect their relationship to their partner as...
Friday, February 20, 2026

How Does Shame Impact Relationships?

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Shame can lead to destructive behavior in relationships (see my article: Self Acceptance as the Antidote to Shame ). How Shame Impacts Relat...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Do You Feel Entitled to Set Boundaries With the People in Your Life?

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Setting boundaries with the people in your life is an act of self care  (see my article:  How to Set Boundaries Without Guilt ). Setting Bou...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Why Are Some "Nice Guys" Friend-Zoned?

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As children, we're taught to be nice to others. Being a nice or agreeable person is also rewarded in other settings. For instance, young...
Friday, May 26, 2023

How to Stop People Pleasing So You Can Reduce Your Anxiety and Increase Your Pleasure in the Bedroom

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People pleasing, which is also known by the term "fawning," is often a trauma response (see my article:  Trauma and the Fawn Respo...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

Trauma and the Fawn Response: A Clinical Vignette

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In my prior article,  Trauma and the Fawn Response: People Pleasing to Avoid or Diffuse Conflict,  I began a discussion about fawning and ho...