People Pleasing

This Is Why Women Keep Choosing The Wrong Man

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Apr 26, 2026 | Attachment, Co-dependency, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Speaking up, Myrthe Glasbergen, Patriarchy, People pleasing, Relationships, Self-love, Self-worth & Identity, The Male Gaze, The Mother Wound

Reading time: 13 minutes Most women already know. They know he is not the right one. They know this is not the life they actually want. Somewhere beneath the performance of contentment, they know they have accepted second best. And they stay anyway. Not because they...

Why Can’t I Say No? This Is Why Your Voice Freezes (And How to Free It)

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Mar 12, 2026 | Anger, Anxiety, Attachment, Boundaries, Coping Mechanisms, Emotions, Fawning, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of Speaking up, Guilt, Insecurity, Myrthe Glasbergen, People pleasing, Relationships, Shame

Reading time: 9 minutes If you ever asked yourself: why can’t I say no? You probably had a moment where you wanted to speak up, say something, set a boundary, share a preference, but you just… didn’t. As if something inside you froze. Your throat felt...

Overcome People Pleasing: Why You Learned to Abandon Yourself and How to Stop

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 23, 2026 | Anger, Anxiety, Authenticity, Boundaries, Burn-out, Co-dependency, Emotions, Fawning, Guilt, Insecurity, People pleasing, Relationships, Self-worth & Identity

Reading time: 8 minutes If you are trying to overcome people pleasing, you are likely not confused about what you do. You already notice how quickly you adapt, how easily you say yes, and how automatically you monitor the emotional state of others. You may even...

Hypersensitivity: What It Truly Is & How To Overcome It

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

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...

Overcome the Fear of Speaking Up: Reclaim Your Power

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

Reading time: 10 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...

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

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Nov 10, 2025 | Anxiety, Boundaries, Burn-out, Fear of Speaking up, Guilt, People pleasing, Relational trauma, Relationships, Self-worth & Identity, Shame, 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...