Good Girl Syndrome: How to Stop People Pleasing and Finally Be Yourself

I’ve always been told that if I was good, I’d attract good things. So then, why am I unhappy?

From a young age, women are taught to put everyone else first. The result? A society full of ‘Good Girls’, pushing themselves to meet expectations while ignoring their own needs. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

In this whip-smart and empowering book, psychotherapist Marta Martínez Novoa explains that people pleasing is not a personality failing, but a common response to trauma – an instinct to be...