Inner Work With MaryAnn Walker: Stop People Pleasing and Start Honoring You!
Welcome to Inner Work with MaryAnn Walker—the podcast for recovering people pleasers (many of whom are also highly sensitive) who are ready to stop living on autopilot and finally start honoring themselves.
I work with those who feel emotionally drained from saying yes when they want to say no, from carrying everyone else’s emotions on their shoulders, and from constantly showing up for others while quietly abandoning themselves.
You’ve spent years being the dependable one—the caretaker, the partner, the parent, the professional—and now you’re realizing you’ve lost touch with who you are outside of those roles.
You may feel:
- Burned out from trying to make everyone happy
- Anxious about disappointing others
- Unsure of your own needs, wants, and boundaries
- Overwhelmed by the pressure to keep the peace, even when it costs you your own
If this sounds like you, you’re not broken—and you’re definitely not alone.
As a certified life coach who specializes in supporting recovering people pleasers and highly sensitive souls, I’ll guide you through tools and practices to help you:
- Set guilt-free boundaries that stick
- Reclaim your time, energy, and peace of mind
- Build authentic connections without self-abandonment
- Process emotions in a healthy, empowering way
- Reconnect with who you really are—not just who others need you to be
Each week, I’ll share personal stories, practical strategies, and mindset shifts to help you move from over-giving and burned out to clear, confident, and deeply connected—with yourself and with others.
If you’re ready to stop people pleasing your life away and start living it fully, hit subscribe and let’s do this inner work together.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 178
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
78: Celebrating Wins: A Curious Exploration
This week we are getting curious about what comes up for us when we either see someone else celebrating their wins, or we have a win of our own to share. For some, celebrating comes eas…
77: Over and Under Reacting: Why Your Reactions Might Be Off
Are you giving level 10 reactions to level 2 situations? Or maybe you're giving a level 2 reaction to a level 10 situation? Over and under reacting can be a sign that something in your …
76: Affirm, Aspire, Achieve: Tips for Goal Getters
Welcome back, dear listeners! Happy New Year! With resolutions in the air, let's explore the power of affirmations and aspirations in shaping our goals.
Affirmations, those positive dec…
75: 10 Ways to Increase Emotional Intelligence
In this episode, MaryAnn Walker delivers on her promise to share 10 practical ways to boost your emotional intelligence or emotional maturity. Before diving into these tips, she explain…
74: Navigating Emotional Intelligence Gaps In Relationship
Welcome back, everyone! In today's episode, MaryAnn Walker delves into a common struggle experienced by many helpers, healers, and people pleasers—the challenge of navigating emotional …
73: Mind Mastery: Take Control of Your Subconscious Thoughts
Welcome back to the podcast! Today, we're diving into the fascinating world of conscious and subconscious thoughts. Picture your mind as a ship, with the captain representing your consc…
72: The 5 People Rule: Intentional Influence
In this episode, MaryAnn shares a perspective shift on the concept of being the average of the five people you spend the most time with, and, instead, shifting the focus to being the su…
71: Radical Acceptance & Psychological Flexibility
This week we are exploring the concept of radical acceptance and psychological flexibility. Radical acceptance is the ability to radically accept what is which increases ones level of p…
70: Modeling Emotional Processing
I was recently interviewed for the Raising Confident Kids online summit.
In this episode I am sharing that interview where I talk about the importance of modeling emotional processing, …
69: Dealing with Difficult People with Brittney Philips
It can be a challenge to navigate life with difficult people. Be it an ex spouse or an awkward family member, we face difficult interactions often.
In this episode bonus mom and blended…
68: Honoring Personal Healing Timelines
We all process and heal in our own time and in our own way.
In this episode, MaryAnn expands on Michael Singers metaphor for healing, comparing it to a spike in ones arm.
Our wounding …
67: People Pleasing vs Pleasing People
In this episode MaryAnn identifies 10 qualities of both people pleasing and pleasing people.
Descriptors for People Pleasing:
- Overly accommodating
- Submissive
- Fear of conflict
- Difficulty say…
66: People Pleasing Your Adult Children with Michelle Evans
In this episode, MaryAnn Walker and Empty Nest coach, Michelle Evans, explore the concept of people-pleasing, particularly in the context of empty nesters and their relationships with t…
65: Raising Confident Kids Summit
Are you seeking to create more confidence for yourself? Are you wishing you had the tools to help your kids to feel more confident? Come and register for the FREE Raising Confident Kid…
64: Update Available
You wouldn't use the same cell phone from 20 years ago. So why are you allowing thoughts and beliefs from 20+ years ago to determine how you navigate life? It's time for an upgrade!
Mar…
63: Boundaries with Andelin Price
In this episode, MaryAnn talks with relationship coach, Andelin Price, about how boundaries can actually improve and increase intimacy.
Boundaries are often thought of as being about th…
62: "Manage Your Reactions, But do not Suppress Your Emotions."
I recently shared the following quote by Yung Pueblo on social media: "Manage your reactions, but do not suppress your emotions."
This quote sparked some great conversations, so I decid…
61: Navigating Anxiety, A Healing Your Anxious Teen Podcast Interview with Britt Bishoff
In this episode, host of the Healing Your Anxious Teen Podcast, Britt Bischoff, interviews MaryAnn Walker, life coach for the helpers, healers, and people pleasers. MaryAnn shares he…
60: Unlocking Wholehearted Yeses: Choices, Consequences, and Connection
In this episode we will dive into the intriguing concept of "wholehearted yeses" and how to differentiate them from merely saying yes out of people-pleasing tendencies.
Wholehearted yes…
59: The Mental Toll of Constantly Trying to Please Others with Kellyn Legath
In this podcast episode MaryAnn Walker and Kellyn Legath dive deep into the correlation between anxiety and people-pleasing, shedding light on the underlying emotions and behaviors as…