Ep. 62/ Stop being Too Nice: Start honoring yourself
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WITH Host melissa D. Barry
Published June 30th, 2025 - available on all podcast platforms.
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People-pleasing isn’t kindness, it’s self-abandonment dressed up as approval.
When you spend your energy being agreeable, accommodating, or endlessly “understanding,” you often override your own needs in the process. At first, it feels like connection. But over time, it leads to exhaustion, resentment, and a quiet disconnection from your truth.
In this episode, I unpack the hidden cost of being “too nice”, especially for high-achieving women who’ve been conditioned to be the peacemakers, the helpers, the emotionally responsible ones.
Because here’s the thing: niceness without boundaries is not compassion … it’s compliance.
If you’ve ever caught yourself saying “yes” when you meant “no,” holding back your truth to avoid conflict, or sacrificing your well-being to maintain peace, this conversation is for you.
You don’t need to become cold or harsh to reclaim your voice, but you do need to stop outsourcing your worth to how others perceive you.
The invitation is to trade performance for presence. To stop trying to be palatable, and start being empowered.
IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT:
The emotional toll of chronic niceness;
How people-pleasing becomes a trauma response;
The difference between being kind and too nice aka being compliant;
What it really means to honor yourself;
How to shift from overgiving to aligned giving;
And so much more ...
When you stop betraying yourself in the name of being “liked,” you create space for something deeper: self-respect, integrity, and the kind of peace that doesn’t require anyone else’s validation.
This is not about becoming selfish. It’s about becoming sovereign.
Start honoring your truth… gently, clearly, and without guilt.
You are allowed to take up space. You are allowed to change your mind. And you are allowed to prioritize your peace.
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Press play and let this be your reminder: You are not here to be nice. You are here to be real.
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Namaste listeners,
M -
