The Truth About Why You Feel Guilty For Choosing Yourself

The Truth About Why You Feel Guilty For Choosing Yourself

by | Aug 30, 2026 | Boundaries, Co-dependency, Emotion Regulation, Emotions, Fawning, Fawning, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of Speaking up, Guilt, Myrthe Glasbergen, People pleasing, Relationships

Reading time: 8 minutes Guilt shows up the moment you start to change. It shows up when you finally set the boundary, when you stop answering every call, when you choose the version of your life that actually feels like yours instead of the one everyone around you has...
How to Heal the Fear of Disappointing Others

How to Heal the Fear of Disappointing Others

by | Jun 29, 2026 | Anxiety, Attachment, Boundaries, Co-dependency, Coping Mechanisms, Emotions, Fawning, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of failure, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Speaking up, Inner child healing, Loneliness, Myrthe Glasbergen, Nervous system regulation, People pleasing, Perfectionism, Relationships, Stress and the body, The Wound Of Unworthiness, Trauma-informed healing

Reading time: 9 minutes You probably know the moment. Someone is disappointed in you. They do not shout, and they do not reject you outright. Maybe they sigh. Maybe they pull back slightly. Maybe they simply say they expected something else. And inside, everything...
The Fawn Response: The Survival Strategy Hidden Under Niceness

The Fawn Response: The Survival Strategy Hidden Under Niceness

by | May 27, 2026 | Anger, Anxiety, Attachment, Boundaries, Co-dependency, Fawning, Guilt, Myrthe Glasbergen, People pleasing, Relationships, Self-worth & Identity, Shame, Society & Culture

Reading time: 11 minutes Most women who find this article are not looking for a diagnosis. They are looking for a word. They have spent years being the one who smooths things over, who agrees even when they don’t, who reads the room before they read their own...