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How To Say No, For The People Pleaser Who Always Says Yes - NPR
It can be tempting to say yes to things you just don't want to do. Might as well just get it done so nothing bad happens, right?
But there's a high price for constantly aiming to make other people happy.
"We suppress and repress who we are to please others," says Natalie Lue. She coaches people to curb their people-pleasing tendencies.
When your top priority is to be liked all the time, you aren't in touch with what you need. "You are going to find it very, very difficult to do what you need to do for you," Lue says.
It can be tempting to say yes to things you just don't want to do. Might as well just get it done so nothing bad happens, right?
But there's a high price for constantly aiming to make other people happy.
"We suppress and repress who we are to please others," says Natalie Lue. She coaches people to curb their people-pleasing tendencies.
When your top priority is to be liked all the time, you aren't in touch with what you need. "You are going to find it very, very difficult to do what you need to do for you," Lue says.