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What happens when a lifetime of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and performance keeps you from honoring your sensitivity? In this episode, I sit down with Sara Bybee Fisk, a coach, mentor, and expert in helping women unlearn rampant people-pleasing, perfectionism, and codependency. Together, we unpack what it means to reclaim your sensitivity after years of being told to toughen up, give more, and need less.
Sara shares her journey from being programmed as an extrovert in a large, service-focused family and religious culture to discovering the quiet power of her sensitivity. She opens up about the grief that comes with realizing your sensitive nature was never honored and the healing that happens when you finally allow both the joy and the sadness to coexist.
This conversation explores how nervous system responses like fawning, freezing, or over-functioning aren’t character flaws, they’re biology. And with compassion and curiosity, you can begin to shift from shame and blame into true self-understanding.
In this episode, we explore:
✨ The moments that revealed Sara’s sensitivity and the grief that followed
✨ How people-pleasing hides behind overachievement, self-sufficiency, and constant giving
✨ Why our nervous system, not our willpower, decides how we react under stress
✨ How curiosity and compassion become antidotes to shame and self-criticism
✨ The power of the word AND: honoring both your need to connect and your need to rest
Resources & Links:
🩷 Connect with Sara: sarafisk.coach
🩷 Listen to Sara’s podcast: The Ex-Good Girl Podcast
🩷 Follow Sara on Instagram: @sarafiskcoach
Learn more about coaching with me by sending a message to info@allyssya.coach.
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