Episode notes
With the holiday season in full swing, we all know that the celebratory joy can also come with the celebratory stress of accommodating so many people. While pleasing others can be a normal part of life, it can quickly turn into appeasing others at your own expense. That's why Mory and Melissa are revisiting an old episode that takes a long, hard look at people pleasing. We celebrate compassion as a culture, we speak highly of empathy, and we adore sacrifice - but we usually don’t talk about the times we care for others out of a need to feel safe or valuable. Fawning is just as much a trauma response as ‘fight or flight,’ and like all trauma responses, fawning should be honored and understood for what it is: our imperfect and natural capacity to process difficulty. Tune in for some serious (and not so serious) stories from the front lines of peo ...