What is the Fawn Response?
The Fawn Response is a trauma response characterized by chronic people-pleasing and codependent patterns. Read more about the common signs of the Fawn Response and how to start healing it.
Why Are Highly Sensitive People Prone to People-Pleasing?
Highly Sensitive? Struggle with people-pleasing and conflict avoidance? You aren't alone! Read about why HSPs are prone to people-pleasing and how to work with this challenge.
What Is Codependency?
Codependency is lack of boundaries and over-focusing on the needs of others. Read more about how codependency manifests.
People-Pleasing as a Trauma Response
When people-pleasing is due to trauma it's called the Fawn Response. Read more about trauma and people-pleasing and how to start healing.
Passivity During Conflict: Healthy or Unhealthy?
Photo by Sasha Freemind via Unsplash Is being passive during conflict an intelligent thing to do or is it a symptom of emotional issues such as codependency? The short answer is that it can be either...