Healing The Fawn Response: From People-Pleasing To Authentic Living - by Dr. Kim Lye

COURSE

Healing The Fawn Response: From People-Pleasing To Authentic Living

With Dr. Kim Lye

This course gently guides you through understanding and healing the fawn response, the survival pattern of people-pleasing, appeasing, and saying “yes” when you mean “no.” Together, we’ll explore the roots of fawning in childhood, culture, and ancestral history, and learn how it shows up in the body through posture, breath, and subtle tension. You’ll be introduced to somatic movements that help you take up space and expand your energy and practical tips to reclaim your boundaries and voice. By the end of this journey, you’ll have tools to shift from survival mode into authentic expression and empowered choice.


Meet your Teacher

Dr. Kim is a somatic movement guide and chronic pain specialist who helps people release long-held patterns of tension, trauma, and self-abandonment. With over a decade of experience guiding clients who feel stuck in chronic pain, stress, and survival states, she blends nervous system education, embodied practices, and emotional release work to create deep and lasting transformation. Dr. Kim is known for her compassionate presence, beautiful voice and ability to make complex healing concepts feel safe and accessible. She brings both professional expertise and lived experience to this course, offering a grounded and heart-centered path for healing the fawn response and reclaiming authentic self-expression.

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5 Days

179 students

4.9 stars

8 min / day

Anxiety

English


Lesson 1

Understanding The Fawn Response

Learn what the fawn response is and how it differs from fight, flight, and freeze. You’ll explore how these survival strategies work in the body and mind, how they can overlap, and why fawning often develops as a protective mechanism. I also share my own personal story of fawning, illustrating how this pattern can shape childhood, relationships, and self-perception, and how healing is possible.

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Lesson 2

The Roots Of Fawning: Childhood, Culture, And Ancestry

In this lesson, you’ll explore where the fawn response comes from. We’ll look at how it develops in childhood as a survival strategy, how societal and patriarchal pressures reinforce it, and how ancestral trauma can shape our nervous system through epigenetic inheritance. You’ll be guided to connect compassionately with your younger self and begin seeing that these patterns are not your fault.

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Lesson 3

Somatic Practice For Healing The Fawn Response

Reclaim your presence, energy, and authentic self with this guided somatic practice. Lying on your back, you’ll be guided through big belly breaths, snow angel movements, the starfish pose, and jaw release. This somatic practice helps you take up space, release tension, and reconnect with your body and nervous system in a safe, empowering way.

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Lesson 4

Reclaiming Your Boundaries And Voice

Learn how the fawn response affects your boundaries and voice, and practical tools to reclaim them. You’ll discover how to notice your body’s cues, honor your needs in small everyday decisions, and practice saying no with confidence and compassion. By setting boundaries thoughtfully, you strengthen your self-respect, confidence, and authentic expression.

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Lesson 5

From Fawn To Freedom

In this final lesson, we’ll explore what it truly means to move beyond survival and step into your authentic, sovereign self. Through reflection, guidance, and a powerful guided visualization, you’ll strengthen your self-worth, honor your boundaries, and embody a life of freedom. You’ll also discover that when you live authentically and honor your own needs, you not only transform your own life, but you positively impact those around you, raising the energy and vibration of the world far more than people-pleasing ever could.

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4.9 (21)

Recent Reviews

Michelle

Michelle

October 13, 2025

Thank you for this course. I haven’t come across a lot of healing the fawn response so I’m grateful to hear more. I’m still healing the frozen muscles in my face that I identified as my ‘people pleasing’ muscles long ago. This has been helpful 💕

Lynne

Lynne

September 27, 2025

Phenomenal course. I didn’t know fawning was even a thing, but it describes my childhood exactly. I will retake this course many times.

Mo

September 27, 2025

Very interesting topic I didn’t previously know about. Explained well & helpful info.

Kate

September 23, 2025

It’s incredible to realize there is a name for this response and that I can heal.

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