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What's wrong with being truly a "people pleaser?" Plenty! "A remarkable book... If you struggle with where, when, and how to draw the line in the middle of your own desires and the demands of others, buy this book!"Kay Redfield Jamison, bestselling writer of An Unquiet Mind and Night Falls Fast People pleasers are not merely nice people who overload looking to make everyone happy. Those who suffer from the condition to Please are people who say "Yes" when they actually want to say "No." For the kids, the uncontrollable need for the elusive approval of others can be an addiction. Their debilitating fears of anger and confrontation force these to use "niceness" and "people-pleasing" as self-defense camouflage. Featured on NBC's "Today," The Disease to Please explodes the dangerous myth that "people pleasing" is a benign problem. Best-selling author and frequent "Oprah" guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers clear, positive, practical, and easily do-able steps toward recovery. Start out with a straightforward but revealing quiz to find which kind of people-pleaser you are. Then understand how making even small changes to any single part of the condition to Please Triangle - involving your thoughts, feelings, and behavior - will cause a dramatic, positive and long-lasting change to the overall syndrome. Being a recovered peoplepleaser, you will finally see that a balanced approach to life that takes others into consideration but puts the emphasis first on pleasing yourself and gaining your own approval is the clearest way to health insurance and happiness.
