by Myrthe Glasbergen, Msc. | Apr 26, 2026 | Co-dependency, Complex Trauma, Fear of abandonment, Inner child, Patriarchy, People Pleasing, Perfectionism, Relational trauma, Reparenting, Self-acceptance, Self-love, The Father Wound, 🧡 Relationships
Reading Time: 14 minutes You don’t think about him that much. Or maybe you do, but not in the way that seems significant. He’s just your father. He did his best. He provided. He was there, mostly. And still, the father wound leaves its traces everywhere. You work...
by Myrthe Glasbergen, Msc. | Apr 26, 2026 | Attachment, Co-dependency, Fear of abandonment, Fear of rejection, Feminism, Patriarchy, People Pleasing, Relational trauma, Self-love, The Male Gaze, The Mother Wound, 🌙 Self-worth & Identity, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships
Reading Time: 12 minutes Most women already know. They know he is not the right one. They know this is not the life they actually want. Somewhere beneath the performance of contentment, they know they have accepted second best. And they stay anyway. Not because they...
by Myrthe Glasbergen, Msc. | Apr 2, 2026 | Boundaries, Co-dependency, Fear of abandonment, Fear of Speaking up, Guilt, Hypervigilance, People Pleasing, Perfectionism, Shame, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you have ever said yes when every part of you wanted to say no — if you have smiled through something that hurt, made yourself smaller to keep the peace, or felt a bolt of panic at the thought of disappointing someone — you have experienced...
by Myrthe Glasbergen, Msc. | Mar 21, 2026 | Boundaries, Co-dependency, Fear of abandonment, Fear of Speaking up, People Pleasing, 🌿 Anxiety, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧠Emotions, 🧡 Relationships
Reading Time: 8 minutes If you ever asked yourself: why can’t I say no? You probably had a moment where you wanted to speak up, say something, set a boundary, share a preference, but you just… didn’t. As if something inside you froze. Your throat felt...
by Myrthe Glasbergen, Msc. | Feb 8, 2026 | Boundaries, Fear, Fear of abandonment, Fear of Speaking up, People Pleasing, Speaking up, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships
Reading Time: 4 minutes You might recognize this. Someone is disappointed in you.They do not shout. They do not reject you outright.Maybe they sigh. Maybe they pull back slightly. Maybe they say they expected something else. And inside, everything happens at once....
by Myrthe Glasbergen, Msc. | Jan 23, 2026 | Boundaries, Co-dependency, Fear of abandonment, Fear of Speaking up, Guilt, People Pleasing, Shame, The wound of unworthiness, 🌙 Self-worth & Identity, 🌱 Burnout, 🌿 Anxiety, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships
Reading Time: 6 minutes If you are trying to overcome people pleasing, you are likely not confused about what you do. You already notice how quickly you adapt, how easily you say yes, and how automatically you monitor the emotional state of others. You may even...
