Are You Mad At Me?: How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You

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Meg Josephson

Are You Mad At Me?

How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You

Meg Josephson

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Hardback

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English

Square Peg
07 September 2025

Psychology: emotions; Coping with illness; Coping with anxiety & phobias; Popular psychology; Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem

A psychologist and viral TikTok star decodes the six archetypes of people pleasing, revealing how to unlearn this trauma response and find true connection with yourself and others

Are you constantly worried about what people think of you, if they like you, if they're mad at you?

This book will help you understand why. We've all heard of fight, flight or freeze. Psychotherapist Meg Josephson reveals a fourth common yet overlooked trauma response- 'fawning', or people-pleasing. If you ever-

. Leave social situations overthinking something you've said . Overlook your own boundaries to make other people happy . Struggle to say what you really want - even to yourself

. . . you might be fawning. In Are You Mad at Me?, Meg explodes the idea that people-pleasing is a personality trait, exposing it to be an instinct learned in childhood to become more appealing to a perceived threat in order to feel safe. Yet many people are stuck in this way of being for their whole lives.

Weaving her own moving story with case studies and thought-provoking exercises, Meg will show you how to identify your needs, rethink conflict and build stronger connections- empowering you to stop focusing on what others think and start living for you.

By: Meg Josephson
Imprint: Square Peg
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781529949612
ISBN 10: 1529949610
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 07 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Meg Josephson is a psychotherapist, meditation teacher and content creator who shares insights into how we can improve our mental wellbeing across Instagram, TikTok and Substack. Meg takes complex yet common human experiences and breaks them down in tangible, digestible ways, offering gentle, supportive wisdom and insight to her viewers, readers and clients. Her approach is trauma-informed, mindfulness-based and compassion-focused, and blends Western clinical frameworks with Buddhist thought and practice.

Reviews for Are You Mad At Me?: How to Stop Focusing on What Others Think and Start Living for You

Are You Mad at Me unlocks a secret door in the house of healing: understanding the fawn response. Honest, relatable, and totally binge-worthy, Josephson's work has the power to change your entire life. If you struggle with that screensaver type of anxiety that's always on - constantly worrying that you're doing something wrong or that people don't like you - this book will feel like coming up for air. Read it and get free. * Katherine Morgan Schafler, author of 'The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control' *