Rebranding Mental Health
The Rebranding Mental Health Podcast explores what mental health could look like if we moved beyond the outdated disease model and embraced TOTAL health—brain, body, relationships, and purpose. Through real talk, cultural critique, and forward-thinking ideas, we unpack the systems that shape our well-being and imagine bold new ways to heal, connect, and grow. It’s not about fixing what’s broken—it’s about building what we’ve been missing.
Rebranding Mental Health
Kindness vs. Niceness – Why People-Pleasing Isn’t the Same as Compassion
At first glance, kindness and niceness look the same but they’re not.
In this episode of Rebranding Mental Health, we unpack why niceness often comes at the cost of silence, resentment, and self-abandonment, while kindness is rooted in truth, empathy, and boundaries.
You’ll learn:
• Why niceness is a performance fueled by fear of rejection or conflict
• How people-pleasing impacts your nervous system, stress, and relationships
• The hidden emotional labor behind always being “the nice one”
• Practical boundary scripts that sound kind without being self-sacrificing
• What science says about kindness as medicine for stress, well-being, and connection
If you’ve ever felt guilty for saying no, struggled to separate compassion from compliance, or wondered who you are without the people-pleasing mask this episode is for you.
Kindness doesn’t always look “nice.” But it always leads to freedom.
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