Please Yourself: How to Stop People-Pleasing and Transform the Way You Live

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HarperCollins Publishers, Apr 1, 2021 - Self-Help - 240 pages

We are all people-pleasers in one way or another – even those who deny it.

Whether at work, home or in our relationships, we all know how it feels to want people to like us. The problem comes when we give up our own needs along the way.

In this life-changing book, psychotherapist Emma Reed Turrell explains the different ‘types’ of people-pleaser and provides practical, reassuring advice on how to better understand – and stop – people-pleasing behaviour when it starts to affect your own needs.

Please Yourself will help you care for others in the right way – and ultimately, help you take better care of yourself.

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About the author (2021)

Emma Reed Turrell grew up in Portsmouth and went on to read English at Cambridge University. Following ten years working in business, in sales and marketing roles, Emma returned to her earlier passion for psychology and mental health. That took her on the path to becoming a counsellor. She now runs a busy private practice alongside writing and training. Emma lives in Winchester with her husband, two children and golden retriever.