Saying yes can feel good at first, but being someone who is always happy to help can quickly lead to burn-out and overwhelm. Author Amy Wilson shares insights from "Happy to Help." ...

The people-pleaser needs to please others for reasons that may include fear of rejection, insecurities, the need to be well-liked. If he stops pleasing others, he thinks everyone will abandon him ...

Some people are known for being consistently punctual, often arriving early to every appointment, meeting, or event. While this habit ...

This is often defined as being a people-pleaser and has been associated with a personality trait known as ‘sociotropy’ or being overly invested in earning the approval of others. Combating ...

What if, after all this time, I’ve just been playing a role that other people expected of me? “Over-responsible people are people-pleasers who suppress and repress themselves to prioritise ...

In my own area of social psychology, people pleasing is closely linked to the concept of self-monitoring. Self-monitoring, as defined by Mark Snyder in the 1970s, is the degree to which ...

Has people-pleasing become your normal mode of operation ... a life coach with dual master’s degrees in coaching and positive psychology and author of Goodbye Perfect, says that the road ...

“I always felt pinched and stressed,” she said. Ms. Magee, 31, a certified life coach and author of “Stop People Pleasing: And Find Your Power,” said she felt a “compulsion to pay for ...