Do you say yes when you mean no? That is not kindness, it is fear.

Krissy on the signs you are a people pleaser, why it comes from fear, and the response nobody warns you about. Everyone knows fight and flight... the people-pleasing one is fawn.

One topic. One opinion. No filter. People pleasing in relationships, fawning over your kids, the friend who drains you, saying yes at work, and how to stop saying yes on the spot.

What you'll get:

Why saying yes can be fear, not kindness

How fawning shows up with partners and kids

The friend dynamic that quietly drains you

How to say no without the guilt

Chapters:

(00:00) The signs you're a people pleaser

(02:14) Putting your partner first

(06:35) Fight, flight, or fawn

(07:54) When you fawn over your kids

(09:28) Why I call people out

(12:49) The knife-and-fork lesson

(16:44) People-pleasing at work

(19:29) Stop saying yes on the spot

(22:31) What people-pleasing costs you

(30:37) Don't fight, flee, fear or fawn

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This is one woman's opinion and lived experience, not professional or psychological advice.

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