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Podcast: Balance & Beyond
Episode: Why You Say Yes When You Want to Say No (Vault)
Description: People pleasing behaviours develop in childhood and become deeply ingrained by age eight, creating a pattern where we believe we must earn love through meeting others' needs. This psychological conditioning leads to resentment, career limitations, and an inability to set boundaries that ultimately holds us back from becoming true leaders and women of influence.• People pleasers have a strong need to be liked, are often high achievers, perfectionists, and struggle to say no• The pattern begins as "parent pleasing" between ages 3-8 when children perceive parental love as conditional• People pleasers develop an overdeveloped sense of per...