NEXT STEPS

Read Please Yourself: How To Stop Peoplepleasing & Transform The Way You Live by Emma Reed Turrell (Harpercollins, £9.99). Through the stories of people pleasers across all walks of life, Reed Turrell offers insights and techniques that will help you live more authentically.

Watch Salma Hindy’s TEDX Talk Why People Pleasing is Hurting You. Awardwinning engineer-turned-comedian Hindy explores the wider impacts of people pleasing, and how to learn from it; youtube.com/watch?v=55herznmht8