Here are The Recovering People-Pleaser Submission Guidelines (Updated January 2023) — Welcome to The Recovering People-Pleaser — Medium’s publication about overcoming people-pleasing and promoting self-care and good mental health. I am currently looking for articles focused on healing from trauma, awareness of overcoming echoism and people-pleasing, mental health, and promoting self-care. 1. Submissions should relate to the following topics;

I wish I had known these before! — You love coffee, and life hacks, as you want to work smart, not hard, and save time (although sometimes you can’t, these hacks are well worth it). You may also be a DIY enthusiast or dream of becoming one. Knowing these coffee hacks will benefit you! These coffee hacks are…

Sadly, many people still have that mentality today. — Yesterday was Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27). Even though I am not really a practicing Jew anymore, and never truly was, I am still Jewish by ethnicity, as that will never change. My late paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors, as my grandfather passed away when I was seven years old…

The Tower is not always about destruction. — A few feared tarot cards are in the deck, as Death is one, and Tower is another. The Tower is associated with sudden destruction, cataclysm, and immediate shock. The purpose of the Tower is to destroy what is no longer helpful to you so you can make room for the…

It goes beyond set boundaries. — When you realize you have been a people-pleaser or echoist for so long, and you know that it is time to stop being that way, it is a powerful realization to make, and you may not know where to even go from there. …

It means this instead! — If you are a tarot reader, you already know this, but if not, it is understandable to freak out if you do one of those online tarot reads and get the Death tarot card. That said, I wanted to put this out there once and for all. I remembered hearing…

These will inspire you to say “no.” — I have to say I am not big on quotes as many can be pretty toxic positive, but I have gathered up 25 regarding people-pleasing, which I find quite powerful and accurate. …

You need to call out unprofessionalism. — Before I get to my story, let’s review the term “Karen” and why it may now be one of the most overused terms besides “narcissist.” …

But you need to understand the tarot first. — You want to learn the tarot, but you also wonder if you can do so if you need to get a tarot deck. Instead, your idea of learning the tarot is dusting off an old set of playing cards you used when you played Go Fish as a child. The…