The People Pleaser Podcast
Fostering connection through authenticity, the People Pleaser Podcast validates struggles, celebrates growth, and inspires positive change. Together, let’s embrace vulnerability, challenge patterns, and evolve with compassion.
Episodes
What if people pleasing isn't a personality trait—but a survival strategy?
In this episode, we explore the connection between people pleasing and the nervous system, and why so many of us automatically prioritize everyone else's needs while losing touch with our own.
We discuss the psychological signs of a dysregulated nervous system, how chronic people pleasing can show up physically through tension, digestive issues, fatigue,...
In this episode, we return to the foundations of people pleasing—not as a flaw to fix, but as an adaptive strategy that once helped us stay safe, connected, and accepted.
We explore how people pleasing often begins outside of our awareness as part of the nervous system’s protective responses to stress, trauma, and relational threat.
Through a psychological lens, we unpack how people pleasing develops as a relational stra...
Welcome back to The People Pleaser Podcast.
In this episode, Corie reintroduces the podcast and welcomes her longtime friend Cindy as co-host. Together, they share how their friendship began, how it evolved into hosting this show side by side, and why this felt like the right time to begin again.
They talk about their earliest memories of people pleasing, the ways those patterns still show up today, and how their similarities and dif...
In this week’s episode, I’m taking a quiet moment to reflect on nearly two years of the People Pleaser Podcast. What began as a solo passion project has become something far more meaningful, and I feel genuinely grateful for everyone who has listened, shared, and supported along the way — whether you’ve been here from the very beginning or found your way here more recently.
And then… I get to share som...
This week, I’m unpacking some realizations about my own rigidity—especially around routines, self-care, and the belief that structure is the only thing keeping me afloat. For so long I’ve associated strict habits with success, but lately I’ve noticed a fear underneath it all… a fear that if...
In this episode, I open up about my struggle with self-judgment, perfectionism, and the discomfort of living with contradictions. How do we honor both joy and hardship at the same time? How do we find safety when life is always shifting and unpredictable? I share personal reflections on anxiety, attachment, and the deep ...
In this episode, I’m offering a simple metta (loving-kindness) meditation—one that I’ve been practicing consistently and have found to be a grounding resource in my own life. While this practice is especially meaningful for people pleasers, it’s also just a beautiful reminder for anyone who wants ...
In this episode, I open up about the discomfort of asking for help and how people pleasing shows up in both personal and professional spaces. From creating a GoFundMe for our dog River’s $11,000 knee surgery, to standing firm in my business pricing, I share the fears, avoidant tendencies, and lessons I’m lear...
In this episode, I’m sharing how I’ve learned to see my emotions — yes, even tears — as one of my greatest strengths. From crying in the middle of a meeting to navigating how my feelings show up in my marriage, I’m unpacking why emotions aren’t a sign of weakness, but powerful signals ...
This week, I'm basking in the afterglow of a full, rich week of IRL connection and community. My cup is brimming, and it’s reminded me how essential it is to be seen—not just in parts, but in whole.
In this episode, I share a personal update: I'm stepping away from the @peoplepleaser.pod Instagram and moving t...
In this episode, I reflect on what it means to work smarter, not harder—especially as someone who’s long believed that grinding was the only way to reach my goals. I share a personal update about the unexpected opportunity my husband and I have to purchase our first home, a milestone that’s stirring up ...
In this episode, I’m getting honest about the weight of loneliness and the patterns I’ve noticed that keep me from reaching out, showing up, or saying yes to connection. If you’ve ever found yourself retreating when you most need others—or struggling to leave the house even when you want to engage...
Planning a getaway but bringing your people-pleasing tendencies along for the ride? 😅✈️ In this lighter episode, I’m sharing:
🌴 5 practical tips for enjoying vacation without losing yourself
🧳 How to say no, without killing the vibe
🙋♀️ Why it’s okay to not be the default tour guide, peacekeeper, or p...
In this episode of People Pleasing and Privilege, I explore:
🎙️ My experience as a white, Canadian immigrant living in the U.S.
👀 How people pleasing has shaped my silence
🧊 The violent reality of ICE raids and mass deportations—and who is protected from them
🇵🇸 The connection between U.S. immigration enforcement ...
Back on the 'Gram & In Business with My Man 💼❤️
In this episode, I’m spilling all the tea: I’m officially back on Instagram (@peoplepleaser.pod), and even bigger—I now work for my husband! 😅 From learning to tame my inner people pleaser to navigating the fine line between stellar customer serv...
In today’s episode I share:
- An experience of witnessing true happiness, and questioning my own
- Breaking down the difference between pleasing others and experiencing happiness
- Unpacking an example of a seemingly selfless act, but looking at the ways in which my people pleasing is actually an act of self-preservatio...
In today’s episode I share:
- Reflections honouring my OWN identity, when feeling of being pulled towards attaching myself to others'
- Unpacking Main Character energy, asking myself who's main character am I representing?
Thanks for listening and I will catch you on the next episode!
xox Corie
In today’s episode I share:
- Where the heck I've been!
- I quit my job!
- Feelings around social expectation with the seasons changing
- Acknowledging that I miss social media and what the last 4 months have been like without it.
Thanks for listening and I will catch you on the next episode!
xox Corie
Today I am celebrating 50 episodes! I am feeling so much gratitude for all of you who are tuning in and supporting the podcast.
I wanted today to be a positve topic, which came easily as I am deep in my self-care game, and I wanted to share the 6 things I am doing consistently that are not only making me feel amazin...
In today’s episode I share:
- Reflections on chronic stress and it's impacts
- How stress shows up in the body and mind
- Where stress comes from, what can we learn from it
- What is the intersection between the perceived need for control, and chronic stress?
- What are we going to do about it?
Thanks for listening and I ...
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