Why Is People Pleasing Bad? (And When It Isn't)

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🎬 VIDEO SUMMARY
In this video, you’ll learn why not all people pleasing is bad, and the difference between helpful and unhelpful people pleasing, which will help you focus your energy on changing the kind that drains you, and leaves you emotionally burnt out, while keeping your kind, caring spirit.

In this video I’m going to break down:
1. the differences between what I’m calling helpful and unhelpful people-pleasing
2. the signs of each type
3. how to know where the line is so you can work on changing the type that has long-term costs to your time, energy and wellbeing.


📌 ABOUT ME & MY CHANNEL
If you’re new to my channel, my name is Dawn Ascanio. I help driven but drained women stop people-pleasing so they can live with more ease and peace. As a therapist for over 17 years and now a therapeutic coach, I’ve helped countless women overcome emotional burnout from behaviors in the people-pleasing family (like over-achieving, over-performing, over-helping, over-giving, etc.) so they can reclaim their time, energy, and mental bandwidth to focus on what matters most to them—and I’ve done this in my own life as well. My channel is all about sharing insights and practical strategies toward this end.


🌟 WORK WITH DAWN
My 1:1 psychology-informed coaching programs to help you go from emotionally burnt out to living with more ease and peace:

• 🌿 People-Pleasing Review (Assessment & Consultation)— https://www.dawnascanio.com/people-pl...

• 🛠️ People-Pleasing Recovery Plan (8-session coaching program— https://www.dawnascanio.com/8-session...


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🌱 SUPPORT & ENGAGE
Please leave a comment: what’s one kind of helpful people-pleasing you notice in your life and what’s one kind of unhelpful people-pleasing you’re noticing?
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📜 DISCLAIMER
This video is for educational purposes only. It’s not therapy or a substitute for mental health care. Interactions on this platform do not create a professional-client relationship and are not confidential. If you are in need of mental health support, please seek help from a qualified professional in your area. For immediate crisis support, please call 911 or your local crisis hotline. I don’t provide personalized advice in comments or DMs.


🌐 COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
I welcome meaningful reflection and respectful conversation in the comments. Because this is a public platform and not a place for therapeutic support, I may remove comments that appear to need more individualized support than can be offered in this forum.
Unkind or disrespectful comments will be removed immediately to protect the integrity of this space.


💜 Dawn