Wednesday, January 29, 2025

9. People Pleaser


People Pleaser: Breaking Free From the Burden of Imaginary Expectations. Jinger Duggar Vuolo. 2025. 224 pages. [Source: Library] [3 stars, christian nonfiction, christian living]

First sentence: The apartment was clean and cozy.

Jinger Duggar Vuolo's newest book is about breaking the habit of being a people pleaser; it is about her journey of breaking free from that specific issue. It is a personal book with personal stories but with practical applications for everyone. Long story short, don't do it: seek to please God by serving others instead.

There are twelve chapters:
  • Confession: I'm a People Pleaser
  • New Tools
  • We Need Each Other by Beautiful Design
  • Desperate Is Not a Good Look
  • Trading Down
  • The Critics
  • I Can't Let You See Me Mess Up
  • Arguments Are Not Rejection
  • It's Showtime!
  • The Solution May Surprise You
  • It's Just Us Now
  • Yours To Give
There are discussion type questions at the end of each chapter. I do think she wrote with the best of intentions to help people pleasers like herself break free from that mindset, that burden. 

I realized fairly early on that I am not a people pleaser--at least not of the traditional, average sort. I don't regret my time reading the book. But I think I could have gotten more out of it if I had actually been a people-pleaser. 




© Becky Laney of Operation Actually Read Bible

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