When we are focusing on pleasing other people the irony is in that moment

We're usually not actually pleasing ourselves

We're putting other people's wants, desires, joy, happiness, as we imagine it ahead of our own.

This habit often comes from our childhood from a deep mammalian need and desire to feel safe by keeping other people

happy with us because our brains link that external validation and approval with our own survival.

And now, as adults, this habit can keep us from our deepest happiness and joy, can keep us feeling

stuck, living from old cassette tapes in our heads that urge us to put

everyone else ahead of ourselves, those old perfectionist and cod dependent stories.

Ready to learn more about what people pleasing is

and why we do it.

Keep listening, my love.

It's gonna be a good one.

You're listening to Feminist Wellness, the only podcast that combines functional medicine, life coaching,

and feminism to teach smart women how to reclaim their power and restore their health. Here's your host, nurse

practitioner, functional medicine expert, herbalist, and life coach, Victoria

Albina.

Hello, hello my love. Kalbina.

Hello, hello, my love. I hope this finds you doing so well.

This week starts a little two-week mini-series and I do that because you know I believe in the power of

titration of not asking too much of our brains presenting a little information

letting it soak in,

gaining awareness about how it applies to you,

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