The Rooted Business Podcast

49. EMOTIONAL ALCHEMY: Untangle People-Pleasing Patterns with Empowerment Coach Courtney Koester

June 30, 2021 Kat Lee Episode 49
The Rooted Business Podcast
49. EMOTIONAL ALCHEMY: Untangle People-Pleasing Patterns with Empowerment Coach Courtney Koester
Show Notes

If you are on a journey to untangle from people-pleasing or perfectionist tendencies, you’re going to want to tune into this conversation with Courney Koester. 


This might be stating the obvious to define what “people pleasing” is but I think it’s important to dive into nuanced topics with the same vocabulary. 


I define “people-pleasing” as a pattern of putting the needs of others before your own

When this happens, who you are and what you want is replaced by the needs and happiness of others. This comes at the cost of your own thoughts, desires, emotions, likes/dislikes, preferences, goals, dreams and beliefs. 


We embody this pattern when we: 

  • Take on responsibility for the feelings of other people by trying to fix their emotions, make them more comfortable or taking on blame 
  • Crave external validation as a determinant of your self-worth
  • Don’t communicate when your feelings are hurt or boundaries have been crossed
  • Struggle with setting boundaries leading you to be overcommitted and resentful for what you agreed to do
  • Allow a lack of reciprocity in relationships which leaves us feeling burnt out on people


This comes from a variety of reasons, many of which come from our communities/families of origin. Courtney and I do a deep dive into where people-pleasing patterns come from and how they have served us and what we can do to integrate them so we are no longer ruled by them.


Untangling people-pleasing patterns is so important because when you override your needs and desires, you silence your voice. When you silence your voice, your Dao has no possible way to manifest. 

In our community, we celebrate and normalize sharing truth, purpose and authenticity.


Listen to this episode if..

You are on a journey to untangle your people-pleasing or perfectionist tendencies 


What You'll Learn in this Episode: 

  • The one question that is impossible for humans with people-pleasing tendencies to answer
  • The medicine of story 
  • Why we are drawn to do healing work in groups 
  • Why “Me Too” was such a potent movement 


Resources: 

Courtney Koester is an empowerment coach + wild-hearted adventurer. With firsthand experience in untangling from patterns of people pleasing + self-abandonment, her work focuses on the importance of self-reconnection + rehumanization -- inviting you to explore, untangle, be seen + ultimately come alive in your most aligned self-expression.


Kat HoSoo Lee is a trauma-informed Spiritual Business Mentor and host of The Rooted Business Podcast. She uses the tools of somatic and emotional alchemy to guide soulful entrepreneurs to approach their business as a spiritual practice. This allows them to cultivate businesses that are rooted in conscious values, ethical marketing and purposeful service.

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This podcast is made possible with sound production by Andre Lagace.