#42: Breaking Free from People-Pleasing Habits with Elsie Owen

Hello Therapy: Mental Health Tips For Personal Growth

Do you feel like a doormat? Are you tired of putting everyone else in your life first?
In this episode I am joined by Elsie Owen, Hertfordshire-based Psychotherapist, to unravel the complex world of people-pleasing, offering insights that could transform your relationships and sense of self.
Our discussion will help you identify the tell tale signs of people-pleasing, and you'll learn about how childhood experiences can lead to people pleasing tendencies. Elsie provides practical tools that can help you start to break free from people pleasing, with simple strategies designed for asserting your needs, setting boundaries, and reclaiming your sense of self, paving the way for healthier relationships and better mental health.
Highlights include:
02:29 Signs and Symptoms of People Pleasing
05:10 Mental Health Consequences
14:37 Origins of People Pleasing
21:49 Practical Steps to Reduce People Pleasing

This week's guest
Elsie is a Psychotherapist specialising in people-pleasing and boundaries. She supports clients, often but not always women, to reconnect with themselves and learn how to feel more comfortable with prioritising their feelings, wants and needs. She offers online therapy from her home in Hertfordshire UK, writes a monthly newsletter and has a self-paced online course called Say Yes to You.

Website: www.elsieowen.com

Instagram: Instagram (@the_peoplepleasing_therapist)

Course: Say Yes to You | People-pleasing course

Therapy: People-Pleasing Therapy
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Bölümler

1. #42: Breaking Free from People-Pleasing Habits with Elsie Owen (00:00:00)

2. Understanding People Pleasing (00:00:29)

3. Meet Elsie Owen: The People Pleasing Therapist (00:01:16)

4. Signs and Symptoms of People Pleasing (00:02:29)

5. Mental Health Consequences of People Pleasing (00:05:10)

6. Origins of People Pleasing (00:14:37)

7. Practical Steps to Reduce People Pleasing (00:22:25)