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Fawning: The Hidden Trauma Response Behind People-Pleasing | #105

Fawning: The Hidden Trauma Response Behind People-Pleasing | #105

Update: 2025-10-27
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Louie and Michael unpack fawning—the hidden trauma response behind people-pleasing, codependency, and emotional safety—in their most vulnerable talk yet.


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Louie and Michael dive into fawning, trauma responses, people-pleasing, and emotional safety. Michael opens up about childhood conditioning, codependency, and realizing how much of his life has been guided by the need to feel safe. The two unpack how emotional immaturity in parents leads to adult people-pleasing, and how learning new therapeutic language can lead to awareness, growth, and healing. A vulnerable, unfiltered conversation about therapy, emotional regulation, recovery, and trauma.


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Fawning: The Hidden Trauma Response Behind People-Pleasing | #105

Fawning: The Hidden Trauma Response Behind People-Pleasing | #105

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