People Pleasing

Hypersensitivity: What It Truly Is & How To Overcome It

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 3, 2026 | Hypersensitivity, Inner child healing, Nervous system regulation, People pleasing, 🌿 Anxiety, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen

Reading time: 7 minutes Hypersensitivity is commonly described as feeling overstimulated, emotionally overwhelmed, or easily drained by social interaction and environmental input. Many people assume this experience means they are simply more sensitive than others, or...

This Is How I Left A Narcissistic Relationship

by Theodora van Dun | Dec 17, 2025 | Attachment, Authenticity, Boundaries, Breaking free, Co-dependency, Complex Trauma, Fawning, Narcissism, People pleasing, Relational trauma, Self-love, Storytelling, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 🧡 Relationships, 💎 Theodora van Dun

Reading time: 13 minutes “I was standing in the kitchen of the Spiritual Lodge. I was cutting veggies in a biodynamic way and feeling his body in close proximity to mine. The Love Bomb For the last three weeks I had been initiated into the wondrous world of...

Overcome the Fear of Speaking Up: Reclaim Your Power

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Nov 28, 2025 | Boundaries, Fear of Speaking up, People pleasing, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen

Reading time: 11 minutes From the outside, the fear of speaking up rarely looks dramatic. Instead, it often appears as being easygoing, agreeable, flexible, or calm. You might tell yourself that you are simply considerate, not confrontational, not someone who wants to...

Overcome People Pleasing: Learn to Set Boundaries Without Guilt

by Myrthe Glasbergen, Co-created with Ai | Nov 28, 2025 | Anger, Authenticity, Boundaries, Co-dependency, Fawning, Guilt, Insecurity, People pleasing, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 🌿 Anxiety, 🌱 Burn-out, 🧠 Emotions, 🧡 Relationships

Reading time: 5 minutes Many of us grow up believing that love must be earned through care, compliance, and self-sacrifice. We learn to be kind, helpful, and accommodating, often at the cost of our own needs. Over time, these patterns turn into a quiet form of...

Somatic Healing for Boundaries: Reconnecting with the Body to Feel Safe Again

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Nov 10, 2025 | Boundaries, Fear of Speaking up, Guilt, People pleasing, Relational trauma, Shame, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 🌿 Anxiety, 🌱 Burn-out, 🧡 Relationships, 🔥 Stress and the body

Reading time: 5 minutes In trauma-informed healing, the body isn’t just something that carries us through life. It’s the map, the compass, and the doorway to transformation. Somatic Healing for Boundaries begins when we realize that our ability to say “no,” to take...

This Is Why We Fight: The Emotional Anatomy of Polarization

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Oct 10, 2025 | Anger, Coping Mechanisms, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Speaking up, Grief, Guilt, People pleasing, Relational trauma, Shame, Society & Culture, The Father Wound, The Mother Wound, The Wound Of Unworthiness, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 🌿 Anxiety, 🧠 Emotions, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships

Reading time: 10 minutes Lately I have been feeling into the state of the world, and especially the state of the online world. What I see happening collectively mirrors what happens within each of us individually. The fights, the outrage, the quickness to label and...