The Disease to Please

Curing the People-Pleasing Syndrome

By: Harriet Braiker

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Who are people pleasers? They are the people who say yes, when they want to say no - the perennial nice person whose resentment is concealed behind their public “happy face”. Now best-selling author and frequent Oprah guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers help for anyone who has ever felt the resentment of giving 100 percent of themselves to others and getting nothing in return.

The Disease to Please explodes the dangerous myth that “people-pleasing” is a benign problem. It is the first book to treat people pleasing as a serious psychological syndrome, and it breaks new ground in its approach to offer a cure.

Dr. Braiker offers a 21-day action plan for curing The Disease to Please. A daily psychological workout and skills-training program, it will help listeners replace the compulsion to comply with a more conscious and reasoned choice to care. The Disease to Please includes:

• Extensive case studies
• Diary and journal formats to help recovery
• An effective three-stage short-term therapy approach

©2001 Harriet B. Braiker, PhD (P)2005 McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio

Laid out what a people Pleaser really is

I really think she nailed the personality of a people
Pleaser and validated the action this type of person takes to protect and express themselves. Good and bad, Harriet exposes all of it. Thank you !!

Informative

The writing was paced very well. The stories were very relatable. This is my first audible book and it was a great first pick.

Very helpful advice

I liked how the author used real life examples to back up each positive and negative trait expressed

eye opening

very detailed, specific and helpful. I'm so glad I listened to this. I learned so much & I know it will definitely be life changing.

Very Insightful

This is the book for all my people-pleasers! This book would be very beneficial for those who are going into the mental health field too. It was kinda boring to read but it was very informative and explained quite a bit to me even about myself that I never fully realized. Everything just kinda made sense and the pieces just fell into place.