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Break free from people pleasing, with Keisha Buchanan, Megan Barton-Hanson, and Jade Scott

Have you ever changed yourself to fit in with other people? Or dulled your character so they don’t think you’re ‘too much’? Do you compare yourself a lot or sacrifice your own needs so not to cause a fuss?Fearne has done all these things and more over the years in a bid to be mor ...  Show more

“Give people pleasing the finger!” Fearne’s no longer trying to be liked

Are you a bit of a people pleaser? Wish you could care a little less what people think about you? To celebrate her new book, Likeable: How I Broke Free From The Need To Please, Fearne’s looking at all the ways she sacrificed her needs and self-expression in order to be more palat ...  Show more

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