Money, Fear & Your Nervous System: What's Really Controlling Your Income PART FOUR: FAWN RESPONSE
ProjectME with Tiffany Carter – Entrepreneurship & Millionaire Mindset
Tiffany Carter
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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You're doing everything right.
You're reliable, supportive, and easy to work with. You care about people. You go above and beyond.
But when it comes to money and success… something isn't adding up.
If you've ever felt like you're giving more than you're receiving, struggling to ask for more, or holding back your voice to keep the peace — this episode explains why.
The fawn response is one of the most overlooked patterns when it comes to money. It shows up as people-pleasing, overdelivering, avoiding conflict, and prioritizing being liked over being paid.
And it quietly caps your income, your growth, and your ability to fully step into your next level.
In this episode, I break down how the fawn response affects your financial decisions, your career or business, and your relationship with money — backed by psychology, nervous system science, and real-world patterns.
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In this episode:
- What the fawn response is and how it's rooted in your nervous system and need for social safety
- How people-pleasing behaviors directly impact your income and financial growth
- The connection between self-worth, conflict avoidance, and money decisions
- Why employees stay underpaid and entrepreneurs undercharge without realizing it
- The psychology behind avoiding negotiation, selling, and advocating for yourself
- How societal conditioning and fear of rejection influence your earning potential
- The hidden ways you may be overgiving and under-receiving
- Practical ways to start advocating for yourself and shifting your money patterns
If you've been overdelivering, undercharging, or staying quiet when you know you should speak up…
This episode will help you understand what's actually driving those behaviors — and why it's not a lack of confidence, discipline, or capability.
It's a pattern. And once you see it clearly… you can change it.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | There's a version of you that looks like you're doing everything right. You're relatable, |
| 0:05.2 | you're thoughtful, you're empathetic, you show up, you care. People trust you, people like you, |
| 0:09.7 | people depend on you. Everyone says how helpful you are. And because of that, no one would ever |
| 0:16.1 | look at you and think something is off. But when it comes to money and success, you're not where you know |
| 0:22.2 | you could be. And this one is subtle because it doesn't look like self-sabotage. It looks like |
| 0:27.7 | I don't want to be difficult. I don't want to piss anyone off. I don't want to come off greedy. |
| 0:32.0 | I don't want to push too hard. I'll just handle it myself. So I don't bother anybody. |
| 0:37.1 | So you take on more than you're paid for. |
| 0:40.0 | You don't ask for the raise, the promotion or the opportunity. |
| 0:42.9 | You over deliver and under receive. |
| 0:44.7 | You avoid conversations that would actually move your life and even your business forward. |
| 0:49.6 | Or if you're a business owner, you overgive instead of selling you under charge, |
| 0:53.5 | instead of holding your value. You soften your message so you don't make anybody uncomfortable, and you certainly |
| 0:59.8 | don't share what you really want to share in content for fear of being canceled or alienating anybody. |
| 1:07.1 | And then what happens is, is that you end up attracting nobody. |
| 1:11.6 | You end up not being yourself. |
| 1:13.6 | You end up not being polarizing. |
| 1:15.6 | And instead of honoring what you actually want, |
| 1:19.6 | you end up over-serving everyone and pleasing everyone except yourself. |
| 1:24.6 | This is the ultimate of the people-ple pleasers. This is the fawn response. |
| 1:29.3 | And when it shows up around money and success, it'll cap your income, your growth, and your |
| 1:33.5 | visibility every single time because you're prioritizing being liked and not upsetting other |
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