363: ‘Sorry to Bother You’ + Other Overexplaining + Overapologizing Phrases That Reveal People Pleasing

About this episode

The episode discusses how overexplaining and overapologizing are linked to people-pleasing behaviors and emotional safety.

Do you replay conversations in your head, explain yourself too much, or apologize for things that don’t really need an apology? These patterns can feel like personality traits, but often they’re signs of something deeper happening underneath. In this episode, I discuss why overthinking, overexplaining, overapologizing, and peacekeeping behaviors are often connected to people-pleasing, emotional safety, and fear of disapproval. We talk about the subtle phrases many women use every day, w...

People in this episode

Host: Alicia Michelle

Topics covered

• people pleasing
• emotional safety
• overthinking
• overexplaining
• overapologizing
• fear of disapproval

Keywords

• people pleasing
• overexplaining
• overapologizing
• emotional safety
• fear of disapproval
• mental health
• self-awareness

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