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  • The Disease to Please

  • Curing the People-Pleasing Syndrome
  • Written by: Harriet Braiker
  • Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
  • Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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The Disease to Please

Written by: Harriet Braiker
Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
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Publisher's Summary

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
Communication & Social Skills Self-Esteem Relationships
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Just ok - kind of dry

Maybe it was the narrator. Felt like I was listening to a textbook from psychology class.
Good content though.

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Smug review of problem. Poor/no solutions provided.

If you would like a few hours of being told how the disease to please is ruining your life, this book is perfect. Narration came off as smug. Was waiting for solutions at the end, but it came down to (spoiler alert): change your thoughts, change your feelings, change your behaviours. The end.

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