Do you ever replay conversations wondering if someone is secretly upset with you? Meg Josephson’s Are You Mad at Me? shines a light on the “fawn” response—the people-pleasing, over-apologizing, boundary-blurring habits we picked up to stay safe in childhood and never quite grew out of.This book summary explores how fawning shows up in adult life as anxiety, perfectionism, and an exhausting need for reassurance, and why your brain clings to old survival strategies even when your life is very different now. You’ll also get a first look at Josephson’s practical tools for calming your nervous system, befriending your inner critic, setting guilt-free boundaries, and slowly reconnecting with who you were before you started performing for everyone else.
If you’ve ever thought, “I’m tired of being the ‘easy’ one,” this is your permission slip to start choosing yourself. Tap to read the full summary.
