Meg Josephson, ARE YOU MAD AT ME?: How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Instant New York Times bestseller! Psychotherapist and social media star Meg Josephson joins Zibby to discuss ARE YOU MAD AT ME?, a groundbreaking, relatable, and binge-worthy guide to understanding chronic people-pleasing (or “fawning”). Meg shares how growing up in a volatile household shaped her instinct to people-please, how this unconscious coping strategy can be both protective and exhausting, and why so many women struggle with it. She and Zibby talk about generational patterns, social media’s impact on anxiety and validation-seeking, and the importance of repairing relationships rather than striving for perfection.
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| 1:47.6 | Meg Josephson is the author of Are You Mad at Me? |
| 1:50.8 | How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You. |
| 1:54.2 | By the way, since we recorded, this has hit the New York Times bestseller list. |
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