How to Break Free from People-Pleasing with Alex Seeley

Stay True with Madison Prewett Troutt

Madison Prewett Troutt

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to Stay True Podcast! In this episode Madison is joined by special guest Alex Seeley, author, speaker, and pastor at The Belonging Co in Nashville, TN. Madison and Alex tackle a common wrestle within all of us: we want to belong and we want to be liked. We’ve all wondered questions like: where do I fit in and belong? Will I be accepted or rejected? How can I be truly confident in who I am? In this episode, Alex and Madi talk about people pleasing and why it’s become so common in our world today and what its affects are. They talk about how to know if you are living for the approval of people, how to break free from people pleasing, and how knowing your identity in Christ can free you from longing for approval.

Stay you and stay true!

Questions answered in this episode:

-What is people pleasing?

-Why is people pleasing bad?

-What does the Bible say about people pleasing?

-How can I be confident in who I am?

-Is it wrong to want people to like me?

-How do I break free from people pleasing?

AND SO MUCH MORE!

Helpful Resources!

Tailor Made by Alex Seeley: https://www.amazon.com/Tailor-Made-Discover-Secret-Created/dp/0718075056

The Opposite Life by Alex Seeley: https://www.amazon.com/Opposite-Life-Unlocking-Mysteries-Upside-Down/dp/0718075102

The Love Everybody Wants by Madison Prewett: https://a.co/d/7JhSej5

Connect with Alex!

💙 Follow Alex | @alexseeley

🩵 Follow Belonging Co | @thebelongingco

Connect with Stay True!

💙 Instagram | @staytruepod

🩵 TikTok | @staytrue_podcast

🤍 Follow Madison | @madiprew

Transcript

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0:00.0	What's up, guys? Welcome back to another episode of Stay True podcast. I'm your host,
0:12.8	Madison Pruitt Trout, and I'm here with a very, very special guest, Alex Seeley, on the
0:20.0	Stay True podcast. And for those of you who don't know Alex,
0:23.8	she is a co-paster with her husband at Belonging Co. And she has also written two books,
0:30.6	Taylor Made and the opposite life. Yes, the opposite life. And she is a mama. But I actually found Alex, or well, I met you before, but I officially got to spend time with you at Sadie's conference.
0:46.0	But you're a phenomenal communicator and you have inspired so many people.
0:50.4	You've inspired me.
0:51.7	I told you after I listened to your message, I was like,
0:54.8	that was a really profound message. And I'm so excited to actually talk about it on today's
0:59.9	episode. But thank you for coming on the podcast. Thanks for having me. I'm so excited.
1:04.7	And she was the coolest accent ever. I'm an Australian. Australian. Okay. And you live in
1:10.2	Nashville now. That's right. And you have Belonging Co is here. Okay. And you live in Nashville now.
1:11.1	That's right.
1:11.7	And you have Belonging Coe is here in Nashville.
1:14.4	And how long have you been in Nashville?
1:16.2	We've lived here 12 years.
1:17.4	12 years.
1:18.0	So church has been going for 10.
1:19.4	For 10.
1:20.0	Okay.
1:20.7	Wow.
1:21.1	That's amazing.
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