Here’s a hard truth: people-pleasing feels like a way to keep the peace in your relationships—but in reality, it steals your peace and creates even more conflict. 🫠

That’s the paradox of people-pleasing, and it’s one of the sneakiest ways perfectionism shows up in your relationships.

In this episode, Coach Elizabeth Burrows breaks down:

📌 Why people-pleasing isn’t protecting your relationship—it’s sabotaging it.

📌 How saying “yes” to your partner can actually mean saying “no” to yourself.

📌 The connection between authenticity, conflict, and deeper intimacy.

📌 A mindset shift to help you stop fearing conflict and start using it to strengthen your relationship.

If you’ve been tired of people-pleasing but nervous about what might happen if you stopped, this episode is your permission slip to let it go.

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✨ Ready to stop people-pleasing and start experiencing more peace, more intimacy, and more love in your relationships? Book a call here to see how my 1:1 coaching services can help.

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Making friends as an adult is so much more complicated than sharing toys on the playground when we were kids. Between busy schedules, trying to avoid fake friends and cringing through small talk at networking events, connecting with old or new friends can feel impossible.

But what if making friends as an adult could feel simple and easy again? Well, it can…if you learn to neutralize perfectionism.

In this episode of The Life Edit Project Podcast, host and life coach Elizabeth Burrows breaks down 3 sneaky perfectionist thoughts that could be sabotaging your adult friendships without you realizing it. You’ll learn:

• ​ how to always have time for friends in your busy life
• ​ how to connect with new people even if you’re chronically awkward
• ​ how to avoid high drama friendships forever

If you’ve been craving more meaningful connections but don’t know how to get unstuck, this episode will help you recognize and neutralize some common, sneaky perfectionist thoughts that are getting in your way.

👉 Ready to stop letting perfectionism ruin your friendships? Book a call with Coach Elizabeth to sign up for 1:1 coaching: http://bit.ly/coachingplease

The moment I tell people my daughter is 11 and starting middle school, most of them warn me that it’s all downhill from here. And honestly? I’m over it. 😤

In this episode, I’m spilling my very non-doom-and-gloom approach to raising a tween as a recovering perfectionist — and why I fully expect the teenage years to be something my daughter and I both enjoy.

I’m sharing the three big things I’m doing right now to make space for connection, trust, and real relationship — instead of control, fear, and drama. If you’ve been bracing yourself for your kid to hit 13 like it’s a hurricane, this conversation might just set you free.

We’ll talk about:

• Why I don’t see my daughter as an extension of myself

• How letting her see me struggle has made us closer

• The one thing I remind her of no matter what happens

Spoiler: perfectionism never makes parenting easier — but there’s a better way.

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Want to drop the perfectionist parenting patterns and build a strong, healthy relationship with your teen or tween? Let’s talk.

📅 Book a call with me to sign up for 1:1 coaching here: http://bit.ly/coachingplease

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