# Episode 139: Nick Pollard - The Problem With People-Pleasing

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Podcast: [Keep Talking](https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245)
Published: 2025-01-24T10:00:10+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4378

## Resource

Nick Pollard, "The People Displeaser," is a speaker and life coach who advocates for honest, authentic living through mindful boundaries, free of people-pleasing. ------------ Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting ------------ Keep Talking Substack Spotify Apple Podcasts Social media and all episodes ------------ Support via Venmo Support on Substack Support on Patreon ------------ (00:00) Intro (01:00) When Nick's was homicidal and suicidal (04:09) Nick's father (09:10) How Nick got his life together (18:08) Why Nick focuses on people-pleasing (23:25) Symptoms of a people-pleaser (26:44) Why do people become people-pleasers? (31:23) Your rules for life and a personal bill of rights (37:23) Establishing personal boundaries (42:39) Confronting fear and quotes from Jim Hollis (49:16) People-pleasers often have few same-sex friends (57:11) When should former people-pleasers leave relationships? (01:09:15) Nick's relationship deal-breakers

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