You can stop people-pleasing
and stand in your power
when our body feels safe... saying no kindly
..AND showing up fully gets a whole lot easier
YOU WERE TAUGHT TO BE THE "NICE GIRL" WHO KEEPS THE PEACE.
The kind of "nice girl" who makes sure everyone else feels okay... while running on empty herself.
You are sometimes still saying yes when you want to say no.
You are sometimes still staying silent when you want to speak your mind.
These are not personal failings.. these are brilliant strategies to create safety for yourself in a complex situation where all of you is not being honored and supported.
You don't need others to like you...
You want them to respect you.
You're done being someone you're not.
You're done pretending.
You want to show up in ways that are fully you. All of you.
You're here to reclaim your life, each part of it, one at a time.
Even with the guilt you feel.
Even with the anxiety you're facing right now.
Without burning bridges.
Without becoming someone you're not.
Imagine waking up free. Free from the pull to shrink, explain, or make others comfortable. Because real freedom isn't loud ...it's the quiet confidence of being yourself without apology.
iImage on Unsplash by Vitaly GarievHello, I'm Yasmin
I'm a somatic therapist and coach helping highly attuned women regulate when old patterns show up... and show up authentically in their world.
Learn More About MeThat tightness in your chest. The knot in your stomach. The tension in your shoulders.
These aren't inconveniences to push through, they're your body's ancient wisdom guiding you.
Offerings
Whether you need therapy, coaching, or self-guided resources, I offer compassionate support tailored to your journey.
Individual Sessions
Trauma-informed therapy and coaching to heal people-pleasing at its roots. Regulate your nervous system, reclaim your voice, and break generational cycles.
- Nervous system regulation & felt safety
- Set boundaries without shame
- End generational trauma in your lifetime
- Model authentic leadership
Group Coaching
Regulate your Nervous system - in a group experiential with other highly motivated women in a safe, trauma-informed space. Thursdays 11am -12:30pm PST.
- Practice nervous system regulation and coregulation
- Practice listening to and honoring your body in safe ways
- Practice releasing worry and pleasing parts
- Closed and confidential, experiential group
Clinical Consultations
For those who hold space for everyone else.
Support for therapists, therapist associates, coaches, spiritual directors, teachers, doctors, physical therapists, and other healers who want to practice with deeper grounding, relational clarity, and collective care.
- Cultivate relational mindfulness and engage with curiosity
- Recognize and shift fawning patterns with shame-free dialogue
- Say goodbye to compassion fatigue and burnout
- Use your power to bring more good into the world
Mom's Empowerment Circle
A soft, healing space for mums. Join us for weekly nervous system reset, restoration, and reconnection with yourself in community.
- Every Wednesday at 11 AM PST
- First session is completely FREE
- Drop in any week that works for you
- Babies welcome — this is your village
South Asian Sisters
A cultural healing circle for South Asian women navigating expectations, identity, and generational patterns in a space that understands your lived experience.
- Every Wednesday at 10 AM PST
- First session is completely FREE
- Drop in any week that works for you
- Honor both your heritage and your authentic self
People-Pleasing in the Therapy Room
People-pleasing doesn't stop at the therapy door. This free guide helps clients recognize fawning in therapy and find therapists who are culturally aware and humble. For therapists, coaches, and somatic/energy healers, it offers guidance on addressing intersectional identity, reducing power gaps, and creating real, embodied safety for your clients.
- Recognize fawning in therapeutic relationships
- Create embodied safety, not surface comfort
- Navigate power dynamics with awareness
- For both clients and therapists
Ready to start? Book a free consultation to discuss which path is right for you.
Schedule Your Free CallGabor Maté identifies how societal pressure on women to be endlessly nurturing and self-sacrificing leads to chronic stress and disconnection from one's true self. He emphasizes this is not a personal failing but a physiological response to systemic gender oppression.
Gabor Maté, MD
Trauma & Addiction Expert
Source: When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
Testimonials
"I would sometimes "please" certain clients... over-functioning to keep them comfortable. In our work, I practiced allowing sensations that activated my pleasing parts and allowed energy to move through me. Now, when those sensations arise, I can self-soothe, down-regulate, and stay in Self more of the time."
Sarah M.
Spiritual Director, Coaching Client
Name changed to preserve confidentiality
"I would sometimes "please" certain clients... over-functioning to keep them comfortable. In our work, I practiced allowing sensations that activated my pleasing parts and allowed energy to move through me. Now, when those sensations arise, I can self-soothe, down-regulate, and stay in Self more of the time."
Sarah M.
Name changed to preserve confidentiality
"I was used to feeling invisible in my own life. Yasi helped me understand how my internalized patriarchy and unsafety I felt was driving me to people-please. The work we did together gave me the tools to feel and trust my feelings, reduce the shame I felt, find and know my voice. I am building a beautiful life where I feel seen by myself and my loved ones."
Jennifer L.
Name changed to preserve confidentiality
"I learned how to say no with confidence and stopped over-explaining myself. Yasi created such a safe space for me to explore these patterns. I'm now running my business on my terms and not other people's."
Amanda K.
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