Calling all people-pleasers!

Are you a people-pleaser who is constantly drained by trying to seek constant validation and approval from human beings? Well, I used to live that life and boy was it a very sad one! I was the ultimate people-pleaser who would do anything to gain praise and approval from others at the expense of my own happiness, beliefs, values and morals. I would do anything people asked me to because if it made them happy, then I guess I was too? Well, that couldn't be further from the truth. I gave up the people-pleaser life a year ago and oh my goodness did my world just turn upside down! A lot of people weren't used to me standing up for what I believed in. In-fact, they probably had never heard me say no ever, and boy did it ruffle some feathers. But the moment I stopped seeking validation and approval from human beings, who might I add are literal dust, and started to seek approval and was only interested in pleasing the Lord, I attained this new found level of freedom that I had never in my life experienced before. Sure, I might have lost some people along the way, lost some respect from strangers but I am not about to live the one life God gave me to pursue approval from the world. If you are on the same boat, I want you to know that it is so normal to feel this way, but also that it is totally possible to break free from the bondage of people-pleasing. Join me in this week's episode to hear a few of my experiences and what it did for me, as well as what the Bible has to say about the dangers of people-pleasing.