When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable: How to Break the Pattern of People Pleasing and Confidently Live Your Life

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars | 385 ratings

Price: 17.32

Last update: 12-15-2024


About this item

Are you overwhelmed by others' unrealistic expectations of you? Do you feel torn in dozens of directions as you try to make everyone around you happy? If you're ready to end the cycle of approval seeking, New York Times best-selling author and recovering people pleaser Karen Ehman is here to help!

When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable shares the refreshing, heartfelt lessons that Karen learned firsthand during her own journey of breaking free from people pleasing in order to live out her God-given purpose. Let Karen be your new go-to guide as you learn to successfully break the destructive pattern of people pleasing and start fully embracing the life God has called you to lead.

With equal parts humor and vulnerability, Karen explores why it's so easy to fall into people-pleasing behaviors and reminds us that we can't fulfill our divine purpose if we're too busy living everyone else's. She offers her timely advice for living with less overwhelm and with more peace and purpose, sharing words of wisdom that will help you:

  • Prioritize what God says above what other people think
  • Live your life without worrying about the opinions and expectations of others
  • Cultivate a strategy for knowing when to say yes and how to say no
  • Create and maintain healthy boundaries with the pushers, pouters, guilt bombers and others who try to call the shots in your life
  • Learn to navigate the tension between pleasing God and loving your community

Join Karen as she encourages you to walk closely - and confidently - with our loving Creator, despite the opinions and expectations of others. It's time to end the people-pleasing game and finally enjoy the peaceful and purposeful life that you deserve.

A self-assessment quiz, memory verses, and additional resources are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.


Top reviews from the United States

Songbird
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2024
Thank you, Karen, for writing this book. I just finished it and it was perfect for me. I have lived with what I have called please-itis all my life. At times it has made me absolutely miserable. I really relate to you. This book touched me in a very deep way. I am learning to say no, and it feels good! Setting boundaries is so freeing. Thanks again! Keep speaking the truth. We need it.
Maddy Lepper
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2024
Very enlightening
Jaime Butcher
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect book for a people pleaser
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2024
Ahhhh I needed this book. If you struggle with always being a people pleaser this is a must buy. I couldn’t put it down!!
ChareeM. Clark
4.0 out of 5 stars Peaceful
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2024
Love this study
michille
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent lesson
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2024
I felt like this book was talking about me. It was scary to see. I have been reading it slowly and going back and rereading. I need to make several changes in my life. This book is getting me on the right track.
loveHR
5.0 out of 5 stars Still reading
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2024
I bought for me and my cousin and I like that it has scriptural references.
Pamenator
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for troubled people.
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2024
Very well written book. This book will help many people who think they need to please others even if it makes them feel bad. Shipping was fast and delivered on time.
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2023
I loved it so much I ordered another for a friend.

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