Coaching practices for How Do I Stop Wanting to Please Everyone

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• I’m worn out from constantly managing how I come across, replaying what people might think of me
• I give in to keep everyone happy and tell myself I don’t mind, but the resentment keeps stacking up underneath
• Someone being displeased with me doesn’t just sting, it feels like a threat to who I am, so I soften and cave to keep them happy
• Someone asks me for something I don’t want to do and the word "no" just won’t come out
• I catch myself nodding and saying "sure, whatever works" when inside I completely disagree

Practices that may help

1. Release the need for approval
   Let people have their opinions of you — their judgment is theirs to hold, not yours to fix.
   The Let Them Theory, Made Practical
2. Accommodating (cooperative, unassertive)
   Yield to the other’s needs when the issue matters far more to them than to you.
   The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles
3. Practice tolerating disapproval
   Deliberately make a small choice you believe in that you know someone won’t like — and stay with the discomfort.
   Self-Authorship: Moving From the Socialized to the Self-Authored Mind
4. The graceful no
   Decline non-essential requests clearly and kindly, separating the decision from the relationship.
   Essentialism, Made Practical
5. Correct placating by surfacing your real position
   When you’ve agreed to avoid conflict, go back and name what you actually think.
   The Satir Model
6. The practice of self-assertiveness
   Honor your wants, needs, and values by expressing them in the world — appropriately and openly.
   The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, Made Practical
7. Be Fair: include yourself in the fairness you extend to others
   Apply the same standards of fairness to yourself that you would to someone you respect.
   FAST: DBT’s Skill for Maintaining Self-Respect in Relationships
8. Fierce provision: identify and meet your own needs
   Ask yourself what you need right now and take action to supply it — without waiting to be asked.
   Fierce Self-Compassion, Made Practical
9. Build people’s autonomy and capability
   The aim is people who need you less over time, not more.
   Servant Leadership, Made Practical
10. Accommodate relationships — but not at the cost of important interests
    Accommodating is appropriate when you were wrong, the issue is trivial, or preserving the relationship outweighs your stake in the outcome.
    The Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)

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