How to Stop Being a People Pleaser

The Mindset Mentor

Rob Dial

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Mindset

4.8 • 13.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Do you say “yes” when you want to say “no?" In this episode, I break down the childhood roots of people-pleasing, the hidden costs it has on your happiness and identity, and practical steps to set boundaries, be assertive, and reclaim your sense of self. The Mindset Mentor™ podcast is designed for anyone desiring motivation, direction, and focus in life. Past guests of The Mindset Mentor include Tony Robbins, Matthew McConaughey, Jay Shetty, Andrew Huberman, Lewis Howes, Gregg Braden, Rich Roll and Dr Steven Gundry. Here are some useful links for you… If you want access to a multitude of life advice, self development tips, and exclusive content daily that will help you improve your life, then you can follow me around the web at these links here: Instagram TikTok Facebook Youtube

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0:00.0	Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor podcast.
0:11.0	I'm your host Rob Dial.
0:12.5	If you have not yet done so, hit that subscribe button so you never miss another podcast
0:16.6	episode.
0:17.6	And if you're out there and you love this podcast, do be a favorite share it with one person
0:20.4	today, whether it's this episode or whatever your favorite episode might be.
0:24.2	It allows us to impact more people. And I would greatly, greatly appreciate it.
0:28.4	Today, we're going to be talking about people pleasing. People pleasers that are out there,
0:32.3	it is time. I'm going to prioritize you and talk about you because you don't prioritize yourself.
0:38.7	And let's talk about how to stop people pleasing. I have to talk about this a lot on different
0:46.0	coaching sessions with Mindset University. And there's so many people out there that are people
0:51.4	pleasers. And I want you to understand that people pleasing is a behavioral
0:56.2	adaptation where people basically prioritize the needs of other people's needs and desires and
1:03.5	whatever it might be over their own needs and desires. And a lot of times it is at the cost of their
1:09.3	own personal well-being and happiness. It's like death by a thousand cuts. And a lot of times it is at the cost of their own personal well-being and happiness. It's like
1:12.4	death by a thousand cuts. And after a while, people pleasing for too long is really, really going to
1:18.8	take a toll on you. So let's talk about how people become people-pleaser so you can understand
1:23.8	how this behavioral adaptation starts and why it actually starts.
1:28.1	And then we're going to talk about how to actually get rid of it.
1:30.9	So for those of you listening, why do you think that it starts?
1:35.5	You guessed it.
1:36.5	Yep.
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