Episode's summary
I asked a client if he wanted to do a scene with me. He immediately said yes, and then his whole body clenched up. I asked again, are you sure, are you really really sure? Yes, let's do it. Everything about him was screaming no, and I still went ahead with it. Spoiler alert, it sucked. Because if I can't trust your no, I can't trust your yes. In the last episode I told you I hate people pleasing nice guys, and that most of my clients happen to be people pleasing nice guys who I absolutely adore. Today we're building on that. I want to talk about why I see people pleasing so much in men who long to surrender, and why healing those wounds is crucial if you want to fully release into the healthy, euphoric bliss of it. We get into why serving feels so good, the three phases I move through when a pleaser comes to work with me, and why I want every pleaser to explore taking charge. I walk you through what a healthy experience looks like and what a frenzied one looks like, then tell you the whole story of the…
I asked a client if he wanted to do a scene with me. He immediately said yes, and then his whole body clenched up. I asked again, are you sure, are you really really sure? Yes, let's do it. Everything about him was screaming no, and I still went ahead with it. Spoiler alert, it sucked. Because if I can't trust your no, I can't trust your yes. In the last episode I told you I hate people pleasing nice guys, and that most of my clients happen to be people pleasing nice guys who I absolutely adore. Today we're building on that. I want to talk about why I see people pleasing so much in men who long to surrender, and why healing those wounds is crucial if you want to fully release into the healthy, euphoric bliss of it. We get into why serving feels so good, the three phases I move through when a pleaser comes to work with me, and why I want every pleaser to explore taking charge. I walk you through what a healthy experience looks like and what a frenzied one looks like, then tell you the whole story of the…
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