1043: Understanding People Pleasing: Balancing Self-Care and Overcoming Anxiety
The Anxiety Coaches Podcast
Gina Ryan
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Gina discusses people pleasing, a phenomenon that commonly accompanies anxiety. Many people with anxiety have a deep sense of empathy and caring for others. This caring can become so strong that individuals can neglect their own self-care to try to help (and please) others. Listen in to learn more about people pleasing, how to define appropriate boundaries and maintain sufficient (if not outstanding) self-care.
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When you say ‘yes’ to others, make sure you are not saying ‘no’ to yourself.
-Paulo Coelho
Chapters
0:23 Introduction
3:36 Signs of People-Pleasing
6:23 Common Beliefs and Myths
8:23 Overcoming People-Pleasing
9:44 Impact on Anxiety
10:49 Boundaries and Burnout
11:55 Importance of Balance
13:02 Nurturing Self-Compassion
13:35 Finding Your Balance
Summary
In today's episode of the Anxiety Coaches Podcast, we delve into the topic of people-pleasing, self-care, and overcoming anxiety. The discussion revolves around the relationship between empathy and people-pleasing, emphasizing the importance of maintaining healthy boundaries and self-awareness to avoid falling into the trap of prioritizing others over oneself. The host explores how people-pleasing behaviors can stem from past experiences, such as childhood conditioning or societal influences, but stress the need to assess whether these behaviors still serve a positive purpose in one's life.
The podcast highlights the detrimental effects of excessive people-pleasing on one's sense of self-worth, authenticity, and mental well-being. It discusses common myths held by people-pleasers and the misconceptions surrounding the belief that pleasing everyone guarantees approval and acceptance. The conversation emphasizes the importance of self-awareness, learning to set boundaries, practicing self-love, embracing authenticity, and prioritizing one's own needs without guilt to break free from people-pleasing tendencies.
The episode addresses how people-pleasing behaviors can contribute to feelings of anxiety, stress, and overwhelm by constantly prioritizing others' needs over one's own. It explains how the fear of disappointing others or being judged negatively can perpetuate a cycle of anxiety and overthinking, leading to burnout and feelings of inadequacy. The host offers practical strategies for managing stress associated with people-pleasing, such as cultivating self-awareness, practicing assertiveness, and nurturing self-compassion.
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| 0:39.4 | anxiety, panic and PTSD sharing how you can overcome them for life. |
| 0:44.0 | Aloha, welcome back to the Anxiety Coaches coaches podcast I'm your host and coach Gina Ryan |
| 0:57.0 | and I am so happy to be with you again today as together we can consider the many ways to bring your mind and body back to its natural peace and calm. |
| 1:10.0 | In today's episode I'm talking about understanding people pleasing, balancing self-care, and overcoming anxiety. |
| 1:18.0 | Now, this topic recently came up in our group coaching membership. |
| 1:23.7 | We have a Facebook group and a post came up about this. |
| 1:27.8 | And it was actually more about empathy. |
| 1:31.2 | Now empathy can indeed lead to people pleasing. So that's what was going through my head |
| 1:37.9 | when I was answering the post. Because people pleasing and empathy are really tied together and the |
| 1:48.7 | empathy can lead to people pleasing when it's not balanced with healthy boundaries and self-awareness. |
| 1:58.7 | People pleasing is also a topic that comes up often in our one-on-one sessions and on our group Zoom calls. |
| 2:06.6 | So I know that this is definitely tied with the anxiety tendencies. |
| 2:14.0 | We can all be reminded to take good care of ourselves |
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