What's wrong with being a "people pleaser?" Plenty!
"A fascinating book... If you struggle with where, when, and how to draw
the line between your own desires and the demands of others, buy this
book!"Kay Redfield Jamison, bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind and
Night Falls Fast
People pleasers are not just nice people who go overboard trying to make
everyone happy. Those who suffer from the Disease to Please are people
who say "Yes" when they really want to say "No." For them, the
uncontrollable need for the elusive approval of others is an addiction.
Their debilitating fears of anger and confrontation force them to use
"niceness" and "people-pleasing" as self-defense camouflage.
Featured on NBC's "Today," The Disease to Please explodes the
dangerous myth that "people pleasing" is a benign problem. Best-selling
author and frequent "Oprah" guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers clear,
positive, practical, and easily do-able steps toward recovery.
Begin with a simple but revealing quiz to discover what type of
people-pleaser you are. Then learn how making even small changes to any
single portion of the Disease to Please Triangle - involving your
thoughts, feelings, and behavior - will cause a dramatic, positive and
long-lasting change to the overall syndrome.
As a recovered peoplepleaser, you will finally see that a balanced way
of living that takes others into consideration but puts the emphasis
first on pleasing yourself and gaining your own approval is the clearest
path to health and happiness.
