How to Stop People Pleasing

There's a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn't come from doing too much. It comes from never quite being yourself. You read the room before you speak. You sense what someone needs before they ask. You adjust your tone, your mood, your truth to keep the atmosphere calm. And you've done it so naturally, for so long, that you might not even notice you're doing it anymore. But somewhere underneath all that careful tending to everyone else, there is a quieter feeling. A vague sense of...