Monday, November 3, 2025

“I can’t feel safe until everyone is happy with me.”
– Meg Josephson –

Think your people-pleasing tendencies are just “being nice”? Meet fawning – the fourth survival response your nervous system deploys alongside fight, flight, and freeze. It manifests as boundary-free agreement, chameleon-like adaptability, and the exhausting mental overhead of constant conflict avoidance. What once protected you now undermines your leadership presence, and recognizing this pattern is your first step toward reclaiming authentic confidence. For more, Check out If you regularly react this way, you probably look insecure to others, says psychology expert—here’s what to do instead.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad