07/07/2025
People pleasing is an identity that we develop to avoid the pain of rejection, conflict, criticism or judgement.
People pleasing stems from the underlying shame based belief that who you are deep down is unworthy of love.
It is essentially a rejection of your true self which leads to fear based overcompensating behaviours such as always feeling the need to please others.
The most common shame based people pleasing behaviours are what I call the people pleasing p’s:
Please, perform, prove and perfect.
When you are trapped in the pattern of people pleasing you are constantly trying to seek validation, love, approval and acceptance from others as a way of filling the void of emptiness and lack of love that you feel inside of you.
On a fundamental level you are trying to overcompensate for aspects of yourself that you believe make you unlovable.
The only way to heal people pleasing is through self love and recognising that who you are deep down is worthy of love.
It’s about learning to unconditionally love the parts of yourself that you buried a long time ago as a way to keep yourself safe and protect yourself from the pain you experienced.
The only persons permission you need to feel loved and whole is your own.
You are the one you’ve been waiting for, when you truly love and accept yourself for who you are the way you are you will become the source of love you’ve always longed for.
When you recognise that you are the source of the unconditional love you’ve always longed for you become whole and the void of emptiness inside becomes full of unconditional love.
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