The Disease to Please is an audiobook by Harriet Braiker, narrated by Bernadette Dunne. The unabridged Audible edition runs 4 hrs 20 mins.
Publisher’s Summary
Who are people pleasers? They are the people who say yes, when they want to say no – the perennial nice person whose resentment is concealed behind their public “happy face”. Now best-selling author and frequent Oprah guest Dr. Harriet Braiker offers help for anyone who has ever felt the resentment of giving 100 percent of themselves to others and getting nothing in return.
The Disease to Please explodes the dangerous myth that “people-pleasing” is a benign problem. It is the first book to treat people pleasing as a serious psychological syndrome, and it breaks new ground in its approach to offer a cure.
Dr. Braiker offers a 21-day action plan for curing The Disease to Please. A daily psychological workout and skills-training program, it will help listeners replace the compulsion to comply with a more conscious and reasoned choice to care. The Disease to Please includes:
- Extensive case studies
- Diary and journal formats to help recovery
- An effective three-stage short-term therapy approach
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 4 hrs 20 mins
- Publisher: McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio
- Release year: 2021
- Audible category: Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development / Personal Development / Communication & Social Skills
Listener Ratings
The Disease to Please holds an average listener rating of 4.6/5 from 131 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.6/5
- Story: 4.6/5
- 5-star ratings: 73% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “Informative”
The writing was paced very well. The stories were very relatable. This is my first audible book and it was a great first pick.— Donavan G., Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Laid out what a people Pleaser really is”
I really think she nailed the personality of a people
Pleaser and validated the action this type of person takes to protect and express themselves. Good and bad, Harriet exposes all of it. Thank you !!— Lori Heffernan, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Very helpful advice”
I liked how the author used real life examples to back up each positive and negative trait expressed— Scott, Audible listener
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