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;

If you resonate with any of these, you should hold off on getting a reading. — Tarot can be powerful and amazing. It can provide the guidance you need when it comes to any situation. However, you also want to exercise caution when using a powerful tool such as the tarot. There are times to keep away from the deck. Think about Temperance, which represents moderation…

These will help you save plenty of energy costs. — Many people take electricity for granted since it is one of the most common utilities. However, electrical infrastructure could be better in so many places worldwide. Thus, it is remarkable that power is lost during natural disasters. People are also prone to wasting electricity without realizing it at the time…

Because obesity is a disease! — After years of others shaming me (and me shaming myself) for never keeping the weight I kept losing over three decades, I can finally stop shaming myself. And if anyone keeps shaming me for my weight issues, I will, in the nicest way possible, tell them where to go, or…

These people-pleasing habits are not impressing anyone. — If you have been a people-pleaser in real life, where you give so much of yourself to the point of exhaustion and not get back, and you do not set boundaries — chances are you are a people-pleaser on social media too. The way you are in real life can…

And I feel so dreadful every time I think about that time. — Right now, I want you to think back to the second half of 2019. What is the first thing that goes through your head? What emotions do you experience when you think back to that time? Do you get a “yuck” type of feeling? Or do you feel dread because…

And she only cares about the things that matter. — Why do you think anyone who calls out bullshit and does not beat around the bush is a bitch? Oh, I can answer that for you. Whenever anyone calls out the crap you do and cuts right to it, your first reflex will be to call that individual a bitch…

Society makes you feel faulty if you prefer being alone to being with friends. So stop listening to that narrative. — If you are a loner, how many times have others judged you for choosing to be that way? People need to mind their business because if you decide to stay solitary in life, that is your choice. Social situations can be draining for some, especially if they are introverts or…

All because society shames you for being human! — Do you shut down whenever anyone wants to talk about your shadow self? The side to you that you wish to remain hidden because that side to you is “unacceptable?” You can do only so much repressing that side because something will illuminate it. Something that gets under your skin…