How to Stop People-Pleasing, Perfecting, and Overfunctioning| A Guided Self-Study Practice

You keep calling it your personality: “I’m just a perfectionist.” “I’ve always been the responsible one.” “I’m not good at asking for help.” But what if people-pleasing, perfecting, and overfunctioning aren’t simply who you are? What if they’re survival patterns you learned when you needed to feel safe, accepted, or in control? In this guided FitZen Mini, Rachel uses svadhyaya—the yogic practice of self-study—to help you recognize the protective voice influencing your decisions and create space to choose differently. Through this practice, you’ll learn how to: Recognize when an old survival script is making decisions for you Understand what your people-pleasing, perfectionism, or overfunctioning is trying to protect you from Pause before automatically obeying the pattern and choose what you actually need now You don’t have to silence the voice, shame the pattern, or reinvent your entire life today. You only need to notice when the script starts talking—and remember that hearing it doesn’t mean you have to obey it. Listen now and discover the difference between who you are and who you learned to be. This mini supports Rachel’s full conversation with Christopher J. Wesley about identity, imagination, and rewriting the survival scripts that quietly shape our lives. Because the voice that protected you once doesn’t automatically get the final vote now. The FitZen Project: Helping high-functioning humans get out of autopilot, own their shit, and make courageous choices—because alignment is the new hustle, and you are your most important project. Lotus and Luna Link provides 20% off (sale items not included) Liforme Yoga Mats Use code RACHELF10 at checkout for a discount! RageCreate | Affirmations|Oracles & more Affirmation card deck. Use Code FITZEN for 20% off Tabatha Debruyn 9D Breathwork Active Breathwork is a powerful tool for self-exploration and emotional healing. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Get unleashed with me every week inside The Wild Council—where we challenge the rules, break free from expectations, and find the audacity to live in our own rhythm. Less performing. More living. Wildly free. Join the free weekly email community through the link below. Join the Wild Council Instagram: thewildwomanwithin_podcast Website: thefitzenproject.com New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:00 AM Eastern Time. About The Wild Woman Within The Wild Woman Within guides fiercely independent women navigate overwhelm, nervous system regulation, relationships, boundaries, guilt, perfectionism, people pleasing, anxious and avoidant attachment, and identity shifts—so they can stop wondering "Am I the problem?", create better energy management, find alignment, and build a life that feels as good as it looks. Music by Bombdiggitty on Suno Purple Planet Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/home