The lifelong training we receive as women to be agreeable, low maintenance, and undemanding is at the core of people-pleasing and burnout. This good girl conditioning teaches us to stay small and shrink ourselves to meet others' expectations, creating an impossible tightrope of contradictory behaviours.

• Good girl conditioning trains women from childhood to be quiet, grateful, and not make a fuss
• This conditioning forces us to walk an impossible tightrope of being strong but not intimidating, ambitious but not stepping on toes
• People-pleasing has primal roots in our need for attachment and approval from caregivers
• Family dynamics often reinforce this conditioning when we're praised for being "good" and responsible
• The fear of judgment keeps us trapped in patterns of saying yes when we mean no
• People who benefited from your lack of boundaries will resist when you start establishing them
• You'll be judged regardless of your choices, so you might as well be your authentic self
• Embracing your true self and refusing to shrink is a gift to everyone around you

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