The Disease to Please with Dr. Reuben Faloughi

If you’ve ever felt like you have to shrink your needs to support everyone else, this episode is for you. Dr. Reuben Faloughi joins me to explore how people-pleasing shows up in your life—and how unlearning it can open the door to a deeper, more honest relationship with yourself. This conversation is a reminder that your healing matters. Not just for you—but for all of us.

🌱 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• About some of the twists and turns of my previous year
• How your people-pleasing may have started as a survival strategy, not a flaw
• Why it’s time to reframe the word selfish as something sacred and necessary
• What it looks like to let go of programming that taught you to put yourself last
• How your values can become a powerful GPS for your healing, choices, and leadership
• What might change when you stop learning on others and start learning from within
• Why tending to your inner world can create powerful ripple effects in your relationships, work, and communities
• What it means to come home to yourself—and why that’s not just personal, it’s political and spiritual too
• How to notice which patterns and beliefs you’ve outgrown—and what to do with that awareness
• The connection between personal healing and collective liberation
• A powerful reorientation: You are not responsible for your early programming. You are responsible for what you choose now.
• Your reflection question: What’s one belief or pattern that you inherited but might be ready to lovingly let go of?

🌱 Seeds planted in this episode:

• Visit Dr. Reuben’s website.
• Watch Dr. Reuben’s Ted Talk “The Disease to Please: An Invitation to Selfishness”
• Connect with Dr. Reuben on Instagram and on LinkedIn.

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