Stop Being a Doormat!

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

From June 13, 2002: Sociologist, life coach and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Martha Beck discusses what she calls “the disease to please.” She also coaches women on breaking their “doormat mentality.” Martha explains the K.I.S.S. rule, talks about why people pleasing can become an addiction and shares a quiz to see where you rank on the “doormat scale.” Plus, physician, journalist and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Nancy Snyderman discusses the physical effects of people pleasing and what she calls the “chew and stew” theory, which explains how we think and why we worry.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.
0:06.5	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
0:07.9	was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.3	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.3	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:18.0	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:21.0	The L-O-L's, the moments that matter.
0:25.0	The eye-opening life lessons.
0:28.0	Never allow them to take you somewhere else.
0:31.0	I'm bringing them back. It's time to open the vault. to
0:35.0	I'm bringing them back. It's time to open the vault. I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.0	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.0	They want to know, do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.0	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show. mean anything to you.
0:53.0	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.
0:58.9	It took me almost 40 years to learn how to do this, and now I just do it all the time I love doing it
1:05.8	I'm talking about learning to just say no which I have found in my travels around the
1:11.9	country is still one of the most difficult
1:14.3	things in the world for women to do. Dr. Martha Beck is here today with a cure
1:19.8	really if you will listen to her if you pay attention and get it you can cure your
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