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Podcast: Coach Talk Radio
Episode: Episode #303: Breaking the People-Pleasing Pattern with Sandra Beck: When Being Nice Costs You Everything
Description: People pleasing rarely looks like a problem—at least from the outside. It looks like being helpful, agreeable, dependable, and “easy.” But underneath, it often hides resentment, burnout, and a slow erosion of self-worth.
On this episode of Coach Talk Radio, Sandra Beck takes a clear-eyed look at why people pleasing becomes a survival strategy, how it’s reinforced by family systems and workplace culture, and why it eventually stops working. This conversation isn’t about becoming selfish or cold—it’s about learning the difference between kindness and self-abandonment.
You’ll explore how chronic over-giving trains others to take more, why guilt...