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People pleasing
Honest conversations that uncover the invisible beliefs and emotional patterns shaping our lives. These are the episodes about people pleasing.
23 October 2026 · 00:39:37Self-worth: why you feel like you don't matter | Teresa McLellanWhy do you feel like you don't matter, even when you give so much? Self-worth can be shaped very early, and it can follow us into the way we love, give and make ourselves smaller.
19 October 2026 · 00:41:44People Pleasing: When Love Feels Like Something You Have to Earn | Joni WoodsHave you spent years trying to earn love by being good, agreeable and easy to be around? People pleasing can begin so early that we mistake it for who we are.
28 September 2026 · 00:40:51Self-Abandonment: When Your Perfect Life Stops Feeling Like Yours | Kim CostaHave you ever looked at a life you worked hard for and quietly wondered when it stopped being yours? Self-abandonment rarely arrives as a crisis. It usually arrives as being reasonable, for years.
4 September 2026 · 00:50:18Why We Say Yes When We Really Mean No | Kirsty Tait on People Pleasing & BoundariesWhy do we keep saying yes to things we don't want to do, even when it leaves us feeling resentful and exhausted? People pleasing often begins in places so small we barely notice them.
27 August 2026 · 00:45:34Choosing Herself Over Staying Fine | Amala on Self-Abandonment, People Pleasing & Finding Her VoiceSelf-abandonment rarely feels dramatic. It looks like calling something fine, long after part of you already knows it isn't.
17 August 2026 · 00:53:04I Had to Stop Abandoning Myself | Claira J on Mother Wounds, Self-Worth & Finding Your VoiceSome of our deepest wounds don't come from dramatic moments—they come from the quiet absence of feeling truly seen.
6 August 2026 · 00:36:47Choosing Yourself Over Belonging | Ramona Kossowan on Identity, People Pleasing & Finding YourselfHave you ever realised you've been working so hard to belong that you've slowly lost connection with yourself?
31 July 2026 · 00:50:21When the Life You Built No Longer Feels Like You | Audra Phelps on Identity, Intuition & Letting GoHave you ever looked at your life and quietly wondered… "How did I get so far away from myself?" 
9 July 2026 · 00:57:04Living Your Dream but Still Seeking Approval | Nyasha Ngwena on Identity, Self-Worth & Trusting YourselfWhat happens when you've built the life you always dreamed of… and still don't feel free?
1 July 2026 · 00:49:41I Thought I Was the Problem | Amanda Gorman on ADHD, Self-Blame & Learning to See Yourself DifferentlyWhat happens when you've spent your entire life believing you're the problem?
19 June 2026 · 00:34:44People Pleasing & Burnout: The Journey Back to Yourself | Karen BlairWhat happens when you've spent so many years helping everyone else that you can no longer hear yourself?
5 June 2026 · 00:36:36Self-Abandonment: I Adapted Until I Slowly Stopped Being Me | Valerie RitchieHave you ever looked around your life and quietly wondered:
26 May 2026 · 00:47:52Performing Strength vs. Living Truthfully | Riham El Hawary on Burnout & MidlifeWhat happens when the role you’ve spent your whole life performing suddenly disappears?
23 April 2026 · 00:51:38When You Can’t Feel Anything Anymore with Sanna AthertonHave you ever had a moment where you should feel something… but you don’t?