The Courage to Disappoint
Breaking the People-Pleasing Habit, Setting Somatic Boundaries, and Reclaiming Your Authentic LifeBy Tarun Mankar
Length2h 51m
About this audiobook
Do you find yourself saying yes when your entire body is screaming no? Do you lie awake wondering if you offended someone by speaking up? If you are exhausted from carrying everyone else’s emotional baggage, you are not weak or broken. You may simply have learned people-pleasing as a survival strategy.
The Courage to Disappoint by Tarun Mankar is a somatic-informed guide to breaking free from chronic appeasement and reclaiming your personal sovereignty. Through practical scripts, nervous system regulation exercises, and psychological insights, you’ll learn to say no without excessive guilt, set boundaries without over-explaining, navigate emotional pressure without caving in, and stop tying your inner peace to other people’s moods.
Reclaim your time, protect your energy, trust your decisions, and develop the courage to live an authentic, sovereign life.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.5 (21)
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GenreSelf-Help, Psychology
Length2 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 — The Anatomy of People-Pleasing
2Chapter 2 — The Cost of Being Likable
3Chapter 3 — The Biology of the Fawn Response
4Chapter 4 — The Guilt Trap and the Fear of Rejection
5Chapter 5 — The Clean No: Scripting and Somatic Delivery
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6Chapter 6 — Somatic Boundaries in Real Time
7Chapter 7 — Navigating Difficult Reactions and Guilt-Trips
8Chapter 8 — Reclaiming Time, Energy, and Space
9Chapter 9 — Untangling from Enmeshment and Approval Seeking
10Chapter 10 — The Unapologetic Self
11About the Author
12Closing Credits
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