People Pleasing: A Body-Based Healing Circle

People Pleasing

Note: This is an experiential practice. In this session you’ll be gently guided into body-based techniques to feel, acknowledge, and release stored emotions.

Event Description:
Do you ever catch yourself saying “yes” when every part of you wants to say “no”?
Or feel a wave of guilt when you try to set a boundary?
Maybe you constantly wonder if others are upset with you — even when you’ve done nothing wrong.

If that sounds familiar, your body might still be running the old program of people pleasing — a pattern that once kept you safe, but now leaves you tired, resentful, and disconnected from yourself.

In this gentle somatic healing circle, we’ll explore what it feels like to stop performing and start listening to your body’s truth. Through grounding, guided inner work, and somatic future pacing, you’ll begin to rewire how safety feels inside your nervous system — from needing approval to trusting your own authenticity.

This is not about becoming harder or colder. It’s about becoming truer.
It’s about remembering that peace comes from within, not from pleasing others.

What to Expect

• A gentle, body-centered exploration of the people-pleasing pattern Grounding practices to create internal safety and presence
• Guided somatic journey and visualization for embodied healing
• Space for reflection, release, and reconnection with your authentic self

Come As You Are:
This space is open to anyone navigating family dynamics, emotional confusion, or recovery from narcissistic abuse. No prior experience is necessary — just a willingness to be gentle with yourself.

Natalie Bussell
Healing & Embodiment Coach | NB Holistic Health
Trauma-informed. Nervous-system aware. Body-based healing.

### Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Practice

1. Safety – Physical, emotional, and energetic safety are prioritized. People aren’t pushed to do anything that feels overwhelming.
2. Choice – Participants have agency; they can opt in or out of any practice, change positions, or just observe without pressure.
3. Collaboration – The facilitator and participants are in a shared experience, rather than a top-down “expert/subject” dynamic.
4. Empowerment – Focus is on strengths, resilience, and self-trust rather than on deficits or “fixing.”
5. Cultural Humility – Recognizing and respecting that people’s experiences, beliefs, and bodies are shaped by diverse backgrounds.

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### Why It Matters for Healing

• Many trauma survivors are hyper-aware of threat cues (tone of voice, body language, abrupt changes), so being mindful of these creates a safe space where healing can actually happen.
• The nervous system learns safety through experience, not just logic — so a calm, respectful, choice-based space helps the body downshift out of survival mode.
• Avoiding re-traumatization means you don’t accidentally trigger someone into reliving their trauma through overly intense, invasive, or fast-paced practices.