In childhood, you may have been conditioned to not be a burden or had caregivers who were inconsistent in meeting emotional needs.

Maybe you never observed your caregivers sharing their needs or sharing their wants or you were praised for being easy going and just an easy kid.

So you grew up feeling like I have to stay in line, I have to do what other people wanted me and never really learn that you can have your own wants and own needs and home feelings.

Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the show and another episode of the Finding Joy series, a series where I share stories and tips to support you as a parent and undo those things that don't always serve us, especially as mothers.

Before we continue, I wanted to thank you all for your reviews. It means so much to me to see them online and it also helps the podcast grow so continue to leave those reviews.

I wanted to read off two reviews today. The first one said my favorite parenting podcast. Thank you so much. Dr. Mona's podcast is one of the best podcasts out there for parents. Her Finding Joy episodes and the Monday morning episodes would parent guests are amazing.

I just listened to her episode about embracing your shy child. And as a former shy child raising a shy child, these tips were so helpful on how to navigate that. Thank you Dr. Mona for all you do.

It is so important for me on this podcast to share parenting tips, but also tips on how we can grow as parents. And this is what the Finding Joy episodes about. This is what the Monday morning episodes are about. And this is why I continue to release all these episodes.

The second review says amazing podcast. This podcast is absolutely amazing love all the content, but especially the Finding Joy series. Dr. Mona talks about the real life issues and knows what it's like since she's a mom herself.

I feel like every week when I listen to the new episodes, I truly resonate with them. Thank you so much. Like I said, this is such an honor to be able to do this. And when I started the Finding Joy series, it came out of an understanding that in order to make changes as parents in tantrums or feeding or whatever it is or trying to accomplish with our children.

We have to go back to why am I frustrated? Why am I nervous? Why am I feeling certain feelings as a parent? And this is why I created the Finding Joy series. And this is why I love this podcast as a whole.

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And now let's get back to our episode.

Now we are talking about people pleasing today. Raise your hand if you are a people pleaser or recovering people pleaser. If you're driving please make sure you are safe.

I am. I feel like many women are. We are raised to be kind and polite and to go with the flow and we grow up feeling worthy because of this.

More to come about why people pleasing can begin in childhood and how it can affect us in motherhood and also how people pleasing is different than being kind. You can be kind but not be a quote unquote people pleaser.

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