About the Book
Breaking Free from People-Pleasing isn’t just about setting boundaries—it’s about reclaiming your voice, your worth, and your life.
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How it helps you:
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Understand why women feel compelled to please—and why it’s rooted in trauma
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Build self-trust, healthy boundaries, and emotional resilience
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Include journal prompts, real-talk guidance, plus bonus affirmation cards
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This book is for the woman who:
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Says “yes” even when she means “no”
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Feels invisible in her own life
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Is ready to stop shrinking herself and start living on her terms
Sneak Peak Inside Breaking Free From People Pleasing
Chapter 1: Breaking Down People-Pleasing
People-pleasing isn’t just being “nice.” It’s a survival strategy rooted in trauma. This chapter helps you understand what it really is—and how it’s impacted your life.
Chapter 6: Practicing Limiting Your People-Pleasing Habits
This chapter gives you real, trauma-informed tools for making change—like learning to pause, setting gentle boundaries, and checking in with your true “yes” or “no.”
Chapter 2: Why We People-Please
Explore the deeper emotional and psychological reasons behind why you’ve spent your life putting others first—and how those habits were formed to keep you safe.
Chapter 11: Setting Boundaries Isn't Selfish
Boundaries don’t mean you’re rude or uncaring. You’ll learn why they’re necessary for connection, not separation—and how to hold them without guilt.
Chapter 3: What Happens When We Stop People-Pleasing
Letting go of old patterns is hard—and freeing. Learn what to expect when you stop shrinking yourself and start standing in your truth.
Chapter 14: Empowerment
You’ve done the work. Now it’s time to own your worth. This final chapter helps you step fully into your power and live life on your terms.
Reader Love
"Abbie’s insight into the real roots of feelings of inadequacy and perfectionism really resonated with me. As a person who too often set my own needs aside to play a role for my parents and partners, this book helped me reflect on those parts of myself as I continue to grow and move away from those behaviors to take more control of my own life.
Setting boundaries has been a personal project for me in 2025, and her ideas and prompts have given me a lot to talk with my therapist about. If you find yourself feeling too drained for your own wellbeing, give it a read and take Abbie’s advice!"
Alexa Young, CA
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