What's wrong with being a ''people pleaser?'' Plenty!
''A fascinating book...If you struggle with where, when,
and how to draw the line between your own desires and
the demands of others, buy this book!''--Kay Redfield
Jamison, bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind and Night
Falls Fast People pleasers are not just nice people who
go overboard trying to make everyone happy. Those who
suffer from the Disease to Please are people who say
''Yes'' when they really want to say ''No.'' For them,
the uncontrollable need for the elusive approval of
others is an addiction. Their debilitating fears of
anger and confrontation force them to use ''niceness''
and ''people-pleasing'' as self-defense camouflage.
Featured on NBC's ''Today,'' The Disease to Please
explodes the dangerous myth that ''people pleasing'' is
a benign problem. Best-selling author and frequent
''Oprah'' guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers clear,
positive, practical, and easily do-able steps toward
recovery. Begin with a simple but revealing quiz to
discover what type of people-pleaser you are.Then learn
how making even small changes to any single portion of
the Disease to Please Triangle - involving your
thoughts, feelings, and behavior - will cause a
dramatic, positive and long-lasting change to the
overall syndrome. As a recovered peoplepleaser, you will
finally see that a balanced way of living that takes
others into consideration but puts the emphasis first on
pleasing yourself and gaining your own approval is the
clearest path to health and happiness. |
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