Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Oct/Nov 2016 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 36
3 Powerful Practices to
Ditch Your People-Pleasing
Cape for Good
BY EMILY MADILL
T
here is nothing pleasing about being
a people pleaser.
I walked this path for longer than I care to
admit. The upside is I learned a lot about
myself during the process of getting back
into the driver’s seat of my life. The most
striking lesson now deeply imprinted on my
soul is that, “We teach people around us
how to treat us, and we all choose how we
show up in the world.”
When we stop acting like people pleasers,
we no longer allow others’ opinions and
expectations to guide our path. The
worries and backflips that were once the
foundation of our existence, can just sort of
fade off into the distance. What becomes
more important is living from our truth, our
integrity and our authentic voice. The voice
that encourages us to be over the moon
happy to be who we are — regardless of
how we may be perceived.
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