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I hear this question all the time. It’s tough for many of us to ask for favors or help or anything else we need. I hear it from both men and women, and people of all ages. You don’t have to be a DoorMat to have trouble asking. Even empowered people often are very hesitant…

I was unhappy for many years as I struggled to come up for air in the midst of people pleasing. I felt like I was lost, even though I knew how to get to the place I lived. But I couldn’t find me—the real me who had talent and deserved to be happy. I wanted…

Do you kiss the people you love? I always do. I greet friends and family with a kiss and of course I kiss a boyfriend a lot. Kisses express caring and love. They feel good to the one you’re kissing. So why not send kisses to you? It may sound silly at first. After all,…

Expectations can take on a fantasy-like quality when they’re based on perfection. People pleasers try to be perfect for others and expect to receive back in the same perfect way. But they learn over and over that people don’t work that way. And they’re unhappy a lot since their happiness is based on having their…
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