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Why You Became a People-Pleaser

“You didn’t choose this pattern. You learned it, and what was learned can be unlearned.” There is a question I hear often, usually spoken quietly, with a kind of shame attached to it: “Why can’t I just say no? Why am I like this?” I have asked myself the same question many times. If you […]

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