12 Strategies to Stop People Pleasing with Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes
Channel: Doc Snipes
Date: 2018-02-09

Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Qualified Clinical Supervisor.  She received her PhD in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Florida in 2002.  In addition to being a practicing clinician, she has provided training to counselors, social workers, nurses and case managers internationally since 2006 through AllCEUs.com 12 Strategies to Stop People Pleasing with Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes
#selfhelp #peoplepleasing #boundaries 

    00:00 - Welcome and Introduction: Introduction to the podcast.
    00:45 - Setting Boundaries: Importance of setting boundaries and why people start people-pleasing.
    01:20 - Seeking Approval and Fear of Rejection: Fear of rejection as a motivator for people-pleasing.
    02:27 - Role of Childhood Experiences: Influence of childhood in people-pleasing behavior.
    03:32 - Current Environment and Relationships: Evaluating current relationships and how they affect people-pleasing.
    04:10 - Lack of Self-Awareness: How a lack of self-awareness can lead to people-pleasing.
    07:45 - Importance of Self-Care: Self-care strategies to combat people-pleasing.
    11:22 - Asserting Opinions: The importance of sharing your opinions and how it strengthens relationships.
    14:33 - Social Conventions: Challenging social norms and conventions that pressure people-pleasing.
    18:45 - Addressing the Inner Critic: Strategies to challenge the inner critic that pushes people-pleasing behavior.

Figure out why you do it
Approval
Fear of rejection/Always being told that it was necessary to please others
Lack of self-awareness
Examine 
the benefits and drawbacks of people pleasing
the benefits and drawbacks of taking care of yourself
Identify who and what is important in your life.  
Know what you need and what your goals are to figure out what and who is important (Don’t forget yourself)
Start including yourself and your own needs on your daily to-do list.
Don’t be afraid to communicate and confront
Ask for what you need and set healthy and appropriate boundaries
Don’t expect mind reading