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Podcast: Alive and Free
Episode: People Pleasing & Perfectionism
Description: When you were born, you weren't a people pleaser. Yet many people label themselves as such today (even though it causes undue suffering). Why? Because learning to be a people pleaser usually helps you cope with a traumatic experience that could date back to your early childhood years. For example, one of the folks who came to the Freedom Specialist retreats was a self-admitted people pleaser with a porn addiction. He even contemplated suicide. After digging, I realized he still carried the trauma of his friend committing suicide nearly a decade before he ste...