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73 reviews for:
Please Yourself: How to Stop People-Pleasing and Transform the Way You Live
Emma Reed Turrell
3.91 AVERAGE
73 reviews for:
Please Yourself: How to Stop People-Pleasing and Transform the Way You Live
Emma Reed Turrell
3.91 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
informative
slow-paced
I listened to the audiobook version via Audible. As a self identified people pleaser, I thought this was a great book. It’s read by the author and packed full of great concepts, delivered in an easy to understand way.
I’ll need to re-listen to this a few times for things to sink in and there are some useful exercises to work through.
I’ll need to re-listen to this a few times for things to sink in and there are some useful exercises to work through.
A good overview/introduction to people pleasing with many anecdotes, but less concrete actions.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
10/10 recommend this to anyone who feels they are a people pleaser or who are dealing with a people pleaser. it was very enlightening and helpful.
This book is simply one everyone needs to read. Honestly felt like therapy in a book, reflecting on people pleasing from how we’re raised in childhood, how it’s then projected in relationships, at work, in the online world and in carrying the generational hangover over, as well as helping make those people pleasers around you realise they don’t have to! It’s honestly everything. I will be buying it for all my closest friends to read, as I think everyone could learn a little something from it.
Some favourite quotes for me:
- the truth is people pleasing isn’t about being caring, it’s about organising the reactions of other people to avoid discomfort. It’s the easy option that doesn’t respect your authentic self and needs.
- it’s going to be impossible for people to respect your boundaries if you don’t actually set any.
- sometimes, pleasing yourself means making a choice that upsets someone else.
Some favourite quotes for me:
- the truth is people pleasing isn’t about being caring, it’s about organising the reactions of other people to avoid discomfort. It’s the easy option that doesn’t respect your authentic self and needs.
- it’s going to be impossible for people to respect your boundaries if you don’t actually set any.
- sometimes, pleasing yourself means making a choice that upsets someone else.
slow-paced
A solid 3.5. Even if one skips the chapters that don’t resonate or aren’t relevant, this is worth exploring if you’re a people pleaser like me. Will it completely change your life or transform the way you live, as the front cover hawks? Maybe not. Though, the increased self-awareness and curiosity this book provided me was indeed worth it.