Letting Go Of People-Pleasing - by Nicola Liggins

COURSE

Letting Go Of People-Pleasing

With Nicola Liggins

This course offers a soft, supportive space to help you release the patterns of people-pleasing that leave you tired, disconnected, or overwhelmed. Through calming guidance, reflective practices, and simple daily tools, you’ll learn how to recognise your true needs, set gentle boundaries, and rebuild your relationship with your own energy. Each lesson helps you let go of old expectations, reconnect with your inner voice, and create space for a more honest, grounded, and nourishing way of being.


Meet your Teacher

Nicola Liggins supports women through emotional healing, inner reconnection, and the gentle unravelling of patterns that no longer serve them. Drawing on her lived experience of burnout, people-pleasing, and major life transitions, she offers grounded, compassionate guidance that helps listeners reclaim their energy and strengthen their sense of self. With more than 25 years of experience and a qualified NLP Practitioner, Nicola brings warmth, clarity, and steady support to her teachings. Her work invites women to listen to their inner truth, honour their needs, and create space for a more authentic and balanced life.

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10 Days

44 students

5.0 stars

7 min / day

Authenticity

English


Lesson 1

Understanding People-Pleasing: Where It Begins And Why It Stays

In this opening lesson, we explore the roots of people-pleasing and why these patterns form in the first place. You’ll discover how pleasing others often begins as a protective response and why it can feel so difficult to release. This gentle foundation helps you understand yourself with compassion rather than self-judgment.

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Lesson 2

The Emotional Cost Of People-Pleasing

This lesson explores the emotional impact of people-pleasing and how it quietly drains your energy, confidence, and sense of self. Through gentle insight and reflective guidance, you’ll learn to recognise the hidden costs of always putting others first. This awareness helps you begin reclaiming your emotional space with compassion and clarity.

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Lesson 3

Learning To Recognise Your Needs Again

This lesson helps you reconnect with your personal needs after years of putting others first. You’ll learn why people-pleasers often lose touch with their preferences and desires, and how to gently rediscover what feels supportive, nourishing, and true for you. Through simple practices, this session guides you back to your inner voice with compassion.

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Lesson 4

Expressing Your Needs With Honesty And Calm

This lesson helps you move from recognising your needs to expressing them with honesty and calm. You’ll learn why speaking your truth can feel challenging for people-pleasers and how to share your needs in gentle, grounded ways. Through simple tools and compassionate insight, this session supports you in building confidence and emotional safety around honest communication.

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Lesson 5

Setting Gentle Boundaries That Protect Your Energy

This lesson offers a compassionate introduction to boundaries, helping you understand why they feel difficult and how to set them in a way that feels gentle and safe. Through simple tools and emotional insight, you’ll learn to honour your energy, express your limits, and create healthier balance in your relationships.

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Lesson 6

Softening The Guilt That Appears When You Put Yourself First

This lesson helps you understand why guilt shows up when you stop people-pleasing and how to soften its intensity with compassion. You’ll learn to recognise guilt as old conditioning rather than a sign you’ve done something wrong, and you’ll explore gentle tools that help you honour your needs even when guilt arises.

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Lesson 7

Building Emotional Resilience So You Don’t Slip Back Into Old Patterns

This lesson explores how to build emotional resilience so you don’t fall back into people-pleasing when life becomes stressful. Through grounding insight and simple practices, you’ll learn to stay connected to your needs, regulate your body, and create inner steadiness even during difficult moments.

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Lesson 8

Honouring Your Energy And Breaking The Habit Of Over-Giving

This lesson helps you understand the emotional and energetic cost of over-giving and guides you in building a more balanced relationship with your energy. Through simple grounding practices, you’ll learn to pause, check in, and make choices that protect your wellbeing before burnout sets in.

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Lesson 9

Rebuilding Self-Worth From The Inside Out

This lesson explores how people-pleasing erodes self-worth and how to rebuild a deeper, more grounded sense of value from within. Through gentle insight and practical tools, you’ll learn to honour yourself, soften self-judgment, and let go of the belief that your worth depends on pleasing others.

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Lesson 10

Stepping Into A Life Beyond People-Pleasing

This final lesson weaves together everything you’ve learned throughout the course and guides you into a life beyond people-pleasing. With gentle insight and grounded encouragement, you’ll explore what it means to honour your needs, protect your energy, and live with greater self-worth and authenticity.

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5.0 (3)

Recent Reviews

Bobby

January 9, 2026

This course helped me in my codependency healing journey by validating my feelings and giving me practical things to do to move forward. I am grateful for this course and will return to it when my heart needs reminding.

Stacy

January 3, 2026

I have listened to many courses in InsightTimer since 2017, and this is the most well-expressed and meaningful one I’ve ever taken. I am so grateful for skilled teachers 🙏

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