209: When You Feel Like a Burden: People Pleasing and Honoring Your Needs

Send us Fan MailWhen You Feel Like a Burden: People Pleasing and Honoring Your NeedsWhen you feel like a burden, it’s easy to convince yourself that everyone else’s needs matter more than your own. In this episode, MaryAnn shares a powerful, real-life story from a sleepless night in the hospital that highlights how quickly people-pleasing can take over—and how it leads us to minimize even our most basic needs. This conversation will help you shift from “either/or” thinking to both/and, so you can honor your needs without guilt.What You’ll Learn in This EpisodeWhy you feel like a burden (and how that belief is created)How people-pleasing causes you to invalidate your own needsThe “both/and” mindset that allows space for everyone’s needsHow this pattern shows up in friendships, relationships, and workWhy speaking up is actually a gift—not a burdenChallenge for the WeekNotice when you think, “I don’t want to be a burden.”Then ask yourself: “What if both of our needs matter here?”Work With MeReady to stop abandoning yourself and start showing up fully in your relationships?Email me at [email protected] to check my current coaching availability.Don’t Forget to SubscribeFollow the podcast for more tools to help you set boundaries, honor your needs, and feel at peace as a recovering people-pleaser.Links: Check out my list of freebies to support you on your journey here: https://linktr.ee/maryannwalker.lifeReady for one on one coaching? Click here to check for availability: https://maryannwalker.life/contact-me