The Surprising Link Between People Pleasing & Your Health: A Medical Doctors Recommendation on How to Say No

Published: Nov. 16, 2023, 5:05 a.m.

b'Does this doctor have the health secret you\\u2019ve been looking for? Does people-pleasing really\\xa0make you sick?\\n\\nDr. Neha Sangwan is an internal medicine physician, bestselling author, and accomplished researcher.\\n\\nToday, Mel sits down with Dr. Sangwan to learn the truth about people-pleasing.\\n\\n\\nTopics discussed include:\\n\\nPeople-pleasing: What it is.\\n\\nAre you a \\u201cyes\\u201d person?\\n\\nThe difference between \\u201cgoing with the flow\\u201d and people pleasing.\\n\\nWhy avoiding conflict makes you a people-pleaser.\\n\\nWhat your \\u201cchildhood blueprint\\u201d is and how it shapes adulthood.\\n\\nPeople pleasing and the link to illness.\\n\\nWhat your parents did or said to turn you into a people-pleaser.\\n\\nWhy people-pleasing is a coping mechanism.\\n\\nWhy you can\\u2019t deal with other people\\u2019s discomfort.\\n\\nHow to trace your people pleasing back to a single moment in time.\\n\\nWhy being stressed, irritated, and tired is a sign that you are a people-pleaser.\\n\\nWhy being a control freak may be a sign of people pleasing.\\n\\nHow to unlearn people pleasing.\\n\\nHow every conflict in your life traces back to childhood trauma.\\n\\nWhat happens, from a medical perspective, when you have an unresolved conflict?\\n\\nThe secret reason you\\u2019re an overachiever.\\n\\nHow to stop your people-pleasing behavior at work and set better boundaries.\\n\\nWhat it really means when you resent the people you love.\\n\\nWhy people-pleasing is a \\u201cprotection tool\\u201d you learn to use in childhood.\\n\\nThe link between chronic worry and people pleasing.\\n\\nThe simple 3-part framework Dr. Sangwan uses to say "no" when you mean "no".\\n\\nHow 80% of all illnesses are caused by stress.\\n\\nThe 5 questions you should ask yourself to understand what your body is really trying to signal to you.\\n\\n\\nYou can purchase Dr. Sangwan\\u2019s book, \\u2018TalkRx: Five Steps to Honest Conversations That Create Connection, Health, and Happiness\\u2019, here: https://a.co/d/iaVNwiL\\n\\n\\nDownload a FREE audio chapter from \\u2018TalkRx: Five Steps to Honest Conversations That Create Connection, Health, and Happiness\\u2019, here: intuitiveintelligenceinc.com/mel\\n\\n\\nFollow Dr. Sangwan:\\n\\nInstagram: instagram.com/doctorneha\\n\\nWebpage: intuitiveintelligenceinc.com\\n\\n\\nWatch the episodes on YouTube: https://bit.ly/45OWCNr\\n\\nCheck out my book,\\xa0The High 5 Habit: https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt\\n\\n\\nFollow me:\\n\\nInstagram: https://bit.ly/3QfG8bb\\n\\nThe Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram: https://bit.ly/49bg4GP\\n\\nLinkedIn: https://bit.ly/46Mh0QB\\n\\nTikTok:\\xa0https://bit.ly/46Kpw2v\\n\\nSign up for my newsletter:\\xa0https://bit.ly/46PVnPs \\n\\n\\nWant more resources? Go to my podcast page at melrobbins.com/podcast.\\n\\nDisclaimer'