Sep 16, 2022
Wanting to help people has long been
the driver behind many career and life choices, but what happens
when you don’t know how to stop? What happens when you’re so
compelled to be helpful that you can’t say ‘no’ to helping, even
when helping would have a negative impact on your own needs or the
needs of those closest to you?
Jess has been confident of her own mission, to
help people, since she was aged 13 years old – a mission that has
been reinforced at various stages of her life, culminating in her
study of how and why some people cannot help but help, even when
it’s to the detriment of their own wellbeing.
In this deeply personal conversation, psychologist Jess Baker
shares her own story of being helped, as a teenager, to navigate
what she would later realise was the impact of growing up with a
parent who was experiencing narcissistic personality disorder. It’s
a powerful account of how a lifetime of ‘doing the work’ has not
only allowed Jess to find and accept who she really is, but has
also inspired her latest mission-fuelled adventure: co-authoring
The Super-Helper Syndrome: a survival guide for compassionate
people, due for release later in September 2022.
This episode is for anyone who wants to know more about how to
deepen their own self-awareness and sense of personal identity.
It’s also for everyone who finds it hard to say no and wants to
learn more about helping without detriment to their own
well-being.
MORE ABOUT MY GUEST: JESS BAKER (FULL BIO ON PODPAGE)
Jess is a Chartered Business Psychologist, and Women’s Leadership Coach (CPsychol AFBPsS). Her first book, The Super-Helper Syndrome: A Survival Guide for Compassionate People will be released on 29thSeptember 2022.
Jess Baker’s full bio and contact details can be found on her personal guest page.
ABOUT YOUR HOST: SUE
REVELL
Sue is on a mission to STOP women playing small so
that they can create the legacy they want to leave in the world.
With over 30 years coaching and leadership experience, Sue
loves nothing more than disrupting the unhelpful thinking that
often holds women back, so that they can think, dream and BE bigger
in leading the change they want to see. Coaching
internationally, Sue’s clients are primarily world-changing women
who want to lead with confidence, increase their impact and live a
life that matters.
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RESOURCES REFERENCED IN THIS
EPISODE:
The I Gotta Be Me Experience with Sue Revell
The Super-Helper Syndrome: A Survival Guide for Compassionate People by Jess Baker & Rod Vincent