What happens when caring for everyone else means losing sight of yourself? In this episode, Catherine Quiring explores the hidden costs of people-pleasing and the journey of learning to trust yourself again. She shares why people-pleasing begins as a survival strategy, how hyper-empathy intensifies the pull to silence your own needs, and what it looks like to come home to your body, your emotions, and your inner compass.
Together, we’ll walk through a gentle five-step cycle of reflection, release, reconnection, reclaiming, and re-emerging — a path that helps you shift from people-pleasing into self-trust. Along the way, you’ll discover how compassion and detached empathy allow you to care deeply without abandoning yourself.
If you’ve ever felt exhausted from keeping the peace or longed to show up as your full self, this episode offers a roadmap back to authenticity, wholeness, and freedom.
To delve into this deeper:
Try the People-Pleasing to Self-Sovereignty Course
Read more about recovering from people pleasing: Trust Yourself Again: Reclaim Your Inner Compass After People-Pleasing
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Hi, I’m Catherine. I’m grateful to share this time and space with you.
I’m a counselor living on the Emerald Coast of Florida, on the unceded land of the Muscogee. I am a creative, mystic, and neurodiverse adventurer. I love writing, creating, and connecting.
I love helping folx Befriend Your Inner Critic, Become Your Own Best Friend, and reclaim your untamed soul.
Thank you for being here in this sacred space we get to co-create, as we come home to ourselves and enjoy the fruit of that self-belonging. I love hearing from you and walking alongside you on your journey.
My free gift to you: 3 steps to trust yourself.
With a full heart,
Catherine
