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The Mel Robbins Podcast

The Surprising Link Between People Pleasing & Your Health: A Medical Doctor’s Recommendation on How to Say “No”

Thu, 16 Nov 2023

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Does this doctor have the health secret you’ve been looking for? Does people-pleasing really make you sick?Dr. Neha Sangwan is an internal medicine physician, bestselling author, and accomplished researcher.Today, Mel sits down with Dr. Sangwan to learn the truth about people-pleasing. Topics discussed include:People-pleasing: What it is.Are you a “yes” person?The difference between “going with the flow” and people pleasing.Why avoiding conflict makes you a people-pleaser.What your “childhood blueprint” is and how it shapes adulthood.People pleasing and the link to illness.What your parents did or said to turn you into a people-pleaser.Why people-pleasing is a coping mechanism.Why you can’t deal with other people’s discomfort.How to trace your people pleasing back to a single moment in time.Why being stressed, irritated, and tired is a sign that you are a people-pleaser.Why being a control freak may be a sign of people pleasing.How to unlearn people pleasing.How every conflict in your life traces back to childhood trauma.What happens, from a medical perspective, when you have an unresolved conflict?The secret reason you’re an overachiever.How to stop your people-pleasing behavior at work and set better boundaries.What it really means when you resent the people you love.Why people-pleasing is a “protection tool” you learn to use in childhood.The link between chronic worry and people pleasing.The simple 3-part framework Dr. Sangwan uses to say "no" when you mean "no".How 80% of all illnesses are caused by stress.The 5 questions you should ask yourself to understand what your body is really trying to signal to you. You can purchase Dr. Sangwan’s book, ‘TalkRx: Five Steps to Honest Conversations That Create Connection, Health, and Happiness’, here: https://a.co/d/iaVNwiL Download a FREE audio chapter from ‘TalkRx: Five Steps to Honest Conversations That Create Connection, Health, and Happiness’, here: intuitiveintelligenceinc.com/mel Follow Dr. Sangwan:Instagram: instagram.com/doctornehaWebpage: intuitiveintelligenceinc.com Watch the episodes on YouTube: https://bit.ly/45OWCNrCheck out my book, The High 5 Habit: https://a.co/d/g1DQ8Pt Follow me:Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QfG8bbThe Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram: https://bit.ly/49bg4GPLinkedIn: https://bit.ly/46Mh0QBTikTok: https://bit.ly/46Kpw2vSign up for my newsletter: https://bit.ly/46PVnPs  Want more resources? Go to my podcast page at melrobbins.com/podcast.Disclaimer

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