People-pleasing

1. To push behaviour or a habit far beyond what is reasonable. HINT: Some people take helpfulness to ___ and forget their own needs.
4. Innate or deeply programmed into your behaviour. HINT: Some approval-seeking habits feel almost ___, as if built into your brain.
7. To regularly record events, actions, or observations. HINT: Therapists often recommend that you keep a ___ of your boundary wins.
8. To connect or associate one thing with another. HINT: When you ___ your decision into your fears, you stop thinking clearly.
10. To genuinely care about what is good or beneficial for you. HINT: Your discomfort often has your ___ interests at heart.
11. To become aware of or pay close attention to something, especially emotions or signals. HINT: Learn to ___ in to your discomfort—it’s valuable information.
13. To prepare someone mentally or emotionally for a certain reaction. HINT: Visualisation can ___ you to react more confidently in real situations.

2. To regularly record events, actions, or observations. HINT: Seeing your progress written down makes your growth feel ___.
3. To complete an unpleasant or necessary task so you can focus on other things HINT: Getting uncomfortable and difficult conversations out of the ___ is a nice technique.
5. Flexibility or extra space to change plans or adjust decisions. HINT: Give yourself some ___ room before agreeing to anything.
6. To begin a situation or relationship in a positive, successful way. HINT: Some of us start off on the right ___ in relationships by always saying yes
9. To absorb and accept a belief as part of your own thinking. HINT: Children often ___ the idea that being “good” earns love.
12. To have an ambitious goal or strong desire to achieve something. HINT: Many people-pleasers secretly ___ to be more assertive.