An empath and self-described toxic Enneagram 3 explores why people-pleasing backfires and how to set boundaries without guilt. The speaker uses a historical figure's example of standing firm in faith to argue that grounding yourself in personal values, not external approval, is what actually works.
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he would go away and rest. But he set this example that we didn't even know was the best example. Um, and so I've had to remind myself, as somebody who's an empath, who's a people pleaser, like a toxic Enneagram 3, um, I can be the chameleon. I know you've talked about that with some guests on your podcast. I wanted to make everybody happy, right? I want to do right by everyone, but you just can't. And that's a very hard lesson to learn. And so I'm like, you know what, if the most historical figure on our planet, like the person who I'm just trying to, you know, live up to, if he was unpopular and he stood his ground, um, and he walked in faith and not by sight, then like, what am I afraid of? You know, I'm not trying to do wrong by anybody, but I do have to be grounded in what I know is right in my values. Yeah, regardless. So it's hard without giving a very tangible example, but no. Yeah, so it comes