The Disease to Please: Curing the People-Pleasing Syndrome

by Harriet Braiker Narrated by Bernadette Dunne

Overview

Who are people pleasers? They are the people who say yes, when they want to say no-the perennial nice person whose resentment is concealed behind their public “happy face.” Now best-selling author and frequent Oprah guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers help for anyone who has ever felt the resentment of giving 100% of themselves to others and getting nothing in return.

The Disease to Please explodes the dangerous myth that “people pleasing” is a benign problem. It is the first book to treat people pleasing as a serious psychological syndrome and it breaks new ground in its approach to offer a cure.

Dr. Braiker offers a 21-Day Action Plan for curing the Disease to Please. A daily psychological workout and skills-training program, it will help readers replace the compulsion to comply with a more conscious and reasoned choice to care. The Disease to Please includes:
¿ Extensive case studies
¿ Diary and journal formats to help recovery
¿ An effective three-stage short-term therapy approach

Editorial Reviews

bn.com

You’re probably too tired to read this book. If you -- like millions of women and men -- try everyday to meet the needs of your loved ones, you’re probably exhausted. But this book from renowned psychologist Harriet B. Braiker can help you overcome that tiredness by helping you overcome the need to please.

Braiker shows us how the urge to be “nice” can leave us depleted. Why do we feel pressure to care for others before ourselves? And how we can put our own needs back on the docket? With revealing quizzes and explanations, the author helps to find answers that return us to ourselves.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173230362
Publisher:	McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio
Publication date:	10/01/2005
Edition description:	Unabridged

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