In Defense Of The People-Pleaser
People-pleasing is not always a sign of trying too hard
6 min readOct 25, 2018
A recent conversation pricked my attention: a friend of mine told me she no longer wanted to be a “people-pleaser”.
By people-pleaser, she meant her own habit of keeping other people happy above her own needs. As she put it, her “cup was emptying faster than it was being filled.”