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Recovering People Pleaser, Part 4

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, April 19, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Let me tell you what happens when a People Pleaser gets ruffled. We freak out inside. Yep, immediately there are 57 windows open in our brain at the same time, each one dedicated to finding the source of what we did wrong, how we can...

Recovering People Pleaser, Part 3

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, April 19, 2022 • Leave a Comment

I run a dance studio, right? It’s our tenth year, and I’m over the moon about the success of the place. When I opened, I thought I would teach dance…nope. It turned out to be so much more than that – love and family, challenges...

Recovering People Pleaser, Part 2

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, April 14, 2022 • 3 Comments

Tales of the Recovering People Pleaser continue as I work to shed the idea that my worth is conditional. If you missed my last post, go see it, and ride the wave with me toward peace…at least let’s hope. People Pleasing is awful. Do not...

Recovering People Pleaser, Part 1

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, April 14, 2022 • 1 Comment

People Pleasers notice things. They quickly recognize when someone approves of them…or disapproves. Then we…I mean, they…ok, it’s ME, I’m the People Pleaser…immediately make the connection between what we did or said with why the other person liked or didn’t like us. Immediately. People Pleasers...

Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, April 6, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Comparison is the thief of joy, right? And it KILLS our mindset when it comes to our kids. Think about it. “My child is not walking yet, and hers is walking already.” “She breasted for a year and a half, and I only made it...

Update Your Self Care

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, April 4, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Girl, why are you struggling so hard to take care of yourself? Why are you chasing that thing that has always calmed you down? What you used to do to feel better? How you have coped before? You’re not the same person. You are not...

HIS Dream Realized

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, April 3, 2022 • Leave a Comment

My husband has always dreamed of having bees. Yep…like beekeeping…an apiary. He has talked about it for 25 years. Friday, I recorded him and our girl releasing about 30,000 bees into the hives he worked to order, stock, and build. I’ve watched him plan it...