08/29/2022
Do you have experience of a medical provider not listening to you, ignoring you, or outright not believing you? And you find yourself mad later that you didn't stand up for yourself or push the issue? People pleasing isn't a character trait, but rather the fawn response, designed to show up with you are feeling threatened. Read our first of two posts about the fawn response.
A colleague and I were talking about the medical system and how we have found ourselves in the very situations we coach clients to advocate for themselves, and yet walked out of those situations simply going along with the situation rather than challenge the provider. So, what is going on here? Let