People Pleasing Ain't It | Live Your Life, Sis Shades of Strong® | Supporting Black Women in Redefining Strength, Rewriting Narratives & Celebrating Authenticity

People pleasing wears many faces, but the one we’re undoubtedly most familiar with is saying yes when we REALLY want to say no even when we know we’re already stretched beyond capacity. 



But did you know that people pleasing comes out of a perfectionist mindset, AND that the perfectionist mindset that gives birth to people pleasing is born out of white supremacy?



I know, right?  CRAZY!!



Listen, I was taking aback too when Natty said it, but then code-switching and shape shifting immediately came to mind.



I see you clutching your pearls again, sis!  I did the same thing.



Anyway…



I can’t give you all this tea now.  You gotta tune in to hear us POUR IT ALL OUT!