People-pleasing can feel like an overwhelming compulsion to prioritize others’ needs, often at the expense of your own. Many of my clients resonate with this behaviour, but I prefer to frame it as self-abandonment, as it involves neglecting your needs to avoid the discomfort of disappointing others.

Understanding and healing from this pattern is crucial for anyone seeking to reclaim their well-being, improve relationships, and cultivate self-worth.

For those of us who have chronic illness, chronic pain or an autoimmune condition, life can simply be an exhausting and isolating experience.

From the day-to-day grind that you’re just trying to get through, to the expectations of others that are far beyond what you can handle, to your own feelings of guilt when you are not living up to your own expectations…..the list goes on and on.

How do you explain that you’re not too busy, that you want to spend time BUT you just don’t have the energy and or you’re so drained that you have to rest from just doing the normal day-to-day stuff?