If saying “no” sends a bolt of panic down your spine…If advocating for yourself feels like you’re somehow being rude, selfish, or “too much”… Then you’re not alone and you are not broken. The biggest thing you learn from the book Fawning by Ingrid Clayton is People-Pleasing is a Survival Skill Clayton expands on the concept originally coined by Pete Walker: Fawning is a way we seek safety in the face of exploitation, shame, neglect, abuse, or other harm. We all know fight, flight, and freeze....

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