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I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at Rachelcable.com.

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Hello and welcome to episode 293 of the Mindful Kind podcast. Back on episode 285 called

Things You Need to Know About enjoyable activities, I mentioned a personality trait called agreeableness.

I've been really excited to dive into this topic more, particularly looking at the pros

and cons of agreeableness and whether it might be helping you or holding you back.

I think this is really important to understand because as human beings, a lot of us don't

really think that much about our personality traits. We think we are the way we are and that

nothing really needs to change or can change. But I recently read a great book called Be Who

You Want by Christian Jarrett, which dives into the five main personality traits, including

agreeableness, and how to nurture the personality traits that can help us feel happier and

more fulfilled.

Honestly, I thought it was a fantastic book, and I do highly recommend it.

But I wanted to take a closer look at agreeableness myself, especially because I think

agreeableness can be a great quality, but I've seen far too many cases of excessive

agreeableness which resulted in multiple problems.

Okay, so first of all, you might be wondering what agreeableness is.

Agreeableness is a personality trait characterized by friendliness, kindness and politeness.

Agreeable people tend to be quite well liked and cooperate well with others,

potentially also making an effort to be helpful and caring.

They can be particularly compassionate and empathetic. Now, it's not necessarily a black and

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