15-minute journey to break the people-pleasing pattern and reclaim your voice
For the part of you that’s tired of earning love through over-giving
People-pleasing can feel like second nature—especially if you grew up believing that love had to be earned through being helpful, selfless, or "easy to be around." But when your kindness comes at the cost of your truth, your boundaries, and your joy... it isn't actually kindness.
It's a survival strategy.
This guided practice is here to help you meet the part of you that learned to over-give in order to stay safe—so you can bring her home with compassion, power, and presence. A huge part of my work is channeling energy healing sessions with the intention to alchemize codependency patterns and whatever else is showing up collectively. Until now, I’ve only shared these in my private mastermind spaces.
But this time, I’m bringing it here—for you.
What you’ll experience in this alchemy session
In this 15-minute guided meditation and energy healing session, you’ll be gently guided through a shamanic journey to the lower world to:
Meet and reclaim your inner people-pleaser
Discover what she needs from you now
Connect with a power animal to support your healing
Anchor into a new role that’s aligned with your truth—not your fear
This isn't just a visualization. It’s a ceremonial experience that brings deep subconscious patterns into your awareness so you can begin to shift them in your everyday life.
You don’t need any prior experience with shamanic work or meditation. Just find a quiet space, bring some water nearby, and let yourself be guided.
🔹 You can listen to the audio at the top of this post.
What is the lower world?
In shamanic journeying, the Lower World is not a dark or dangerous place—it's a realm of nature and deep wisdom. It often appears as a lush forest, mountain terrain, or other Earth-like environment. This is where you'll meet your power animal and begin the process of retrieval.
Why it matters
The people-pleasing part of you was born for a reason. She protected you. She helped you survive.
But she doesn't need to run the show anymore.
When we acknowledge her, listen to her, and bring her back into our care, we start to shift from reactive patterning into intentional presence. We begin living from truth, not fear.
This journey is one small step in that reclamation.
Reflection questions (journal or share in comments!)
Where did you find your inner people-pleaser?
How did she seem?
What did she need?
What is her new job?
What did your power animal place in your hand?
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I brought her to a library. She’s excited to read all day.
What a powerful exercise. Thank you
I found my inner people pleaser in the back seat of a car, after getting yelled at by my dad. She seemed very closed off and silenced. She needed to make sure that my parents weren't going to get mad at her. My animal was a black leopard and we brought her to this jungle gym I use to play on and her only job is to play there and speak her mind. My power animal put an amethyst crystal in my hand.