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Adventures of a People Pleaser
by Amy Wilson
“For all the women who do too much, who raise their hand to volunteer when they really would rather not, who feel the need to make sure everyone is happy, and everything is running smoothly, Wilson...delivers a collection of insightful, humorous essays packed with appeal for women of all generations and life stages. She knows that a lifetime of being conditioned to be a people pleaser is not going to end with just saying no—it’s more complicated than that.
To that end, she offers fresh perspectives on topics like the pandemic and its far-reaching effects, the allure of multitasking and the pressure for productivity, assumptions about motherhood and gender, and the unique challenges of raising adolescents. The book is part memoir, part survival guide for recovering people pleasers. "
“My fellow type-A souls, Amy Wilson understands us. It's time to put down all we've been carrying, pick up this funny, all-too-relatable memoir, and rejoice in the empathy of a kindred spirit. Let someone else run the world today.”
―Mary Laura Philpott, author of I Miss You When I Blink
“Wilson's refreshing and hilarious essays illustrate the ridiculous nature of the advice meant to fix women and the unfair emotional labor expectations we place on women. A must-read!”
—Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play
Amy Wilson, co-host of the award-winning podcast What Fresh Hell, takes a funny and insightful look at how women are conditioned to be“happy to help”―and what happens when we try to do things differently.
Amy Wilson has always been an ultimate helper. As a big sister, Girl Scout, faithful reader of teen magazines, personal assistant, sitcom sidekick, and, finally, mother of three, Amy learned to put others first, to do what she was told, to finish what she started, and to look like she had everything under control, even when she very much did not.
Along the way, Amy started to wonder why doing it all had been her job. Still, when she tried to hand over some of her to-dos, no one was particularly interested in taking them. And when she asked for help, in return, she got advice: have a sense of humor, quit nagging, and stop trying to be perfect.
Happy to Help tells the stories of how Amy dutifully took on these goals―with varying degrees of hilarious failure―until the day she started to question if something else needed to be fixed besides herself.
“This book is a gift to women everywhere. Through candid storytelling and incisive analysis, Amy Wilson illuminates the pervasive yet often invisible pressures that women encounter in their pursuit of excellence.
Happy to Help is a beacon of hope. . . with the gift of a trusted, smart, and funny guide to help along the way.”
—Jennifer Wallace, author of Never Enough
“In this honest, insightful, and often hilarious account, Amy Wilson explores her experience and frustrations as a people-pleaser―her story will resonate with anyone who has said, ‘Happy to help!’ one too many times. I couldn’t put it down.”
―Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project
“Funny, wise, and delightful—and smart and reassuring—Happy to Help will have you caught between laughing and nodding along, and maybe dropping a few balls you’ve been keeping in the air to give you time to read one more page.”
—KJ Dell'Antonia, author of The Chicken Sisters and How to be a Happier Parent
“Amy Wilson’s writing strikes an insightful balance between lighthearted and soul-searching, reassuring us that we’re not alone in wondering where all the grownups have gone, leaving us–us??—to make The Big Decisions. Happy to Help will have readers questioning, in the best possible way, their roles as mothers and as partners and as people in the world.”
—Rebecca N. Thompson, MD, author of Held Together
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What does it mean to be “happy to help”?
