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Why People Pleasing is Killing Your Sex Life and Career — Alyson and Tripp Lanier
Is it normal for you to forget things until someone nags you about it?
Do you ever wonder why your relationships seem shallow or you miss out on career opportunities?
And what does this all have to do with brown M&M’s?
Today Alyson and I talk about people pleasing, nice guy syndrome, and how being checked out is killing your sex life and career. We discuss the dangers of transactional relating, why the little things matter and how you can become more trustworthy simply by saying “no” more often.
In this conversation:
- People pleasing, nice guy syndrome and being a “yes” man
- Dealing with a nagging partner
- Are you eroding trust/connection without knowing it?
- When your word doesn’t mean anything
- Van Halen and brown M&M’s
Plus:
- Why the small things matter
- Why we don’t get opportunities
- Does your partner see you as a child?
- Are you able to say “no” to your partner?
- Roommate vs partner problems
About Tripp Lanier
Tripp Lanier is a professional coach, author of This Book Will Make You Dangerous, and host of The New Man Podcast: Beyond the Macho Jerk and the New Age Wimp which — for over a decade — has been downloaded millions of times.
Since 2005, he has spent thousands of hours coaching people all around the world to get out of the rat race, become an authority in their field, and make a great living doing the work they were put on this earth to do. Over the years he’s designed several businesses to support a simple lifestyle focused on freedom, ease, meaning, and fun.
If you’d like to learn more about coaching with Tripp Lanier visit TrippLanier.com.
About Alyson Lanier
Alyson Lanier is a multifaceted expert at the intersection of psychological and spiritual healing. With a 30 year career in Psychotherapy that includes a BA, MA, and LPC in psychology, Alyson supplemented her education with extensive training and certifications in attachment work, Gestalt therapy, Transpersonal psychology, Shambhala Buddhism, internal family systems, and Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy. Her professional journey encompasses over 50,000 hours of therapeutic experience working with individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents across clinical and private settings.
If you’d like to learn more about working with Alyson Lanier visit AlysonLanier.com
