For people pleasers · by Dr Michaela Dunbar

An app for people pleasers. For saying no, and surviving the guilt.

You keep the peace for everyone except yourself. My Easy Therapy helps you notice the yes you don’t mean, find the words for the boundary, and settle the guilt that follows.

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Sound familiar?

If this sounds like you, you are in the right place.

  • You say yes, then quietly resent it.
  • You rehearse how to say no, then do not say it.
  • Someone else’s bad mood feels like your job to fix.
  • You over-explain every boundary you set.
  • After saying no, the guilt lasts for days.

In simple terms

The short answer, and why it happens.

People pleasing is usually a nervous system that learned keeping others happy kept you safe, so saying no sets off guilt and alarm. My Easy Therapy, created by Clinical Psychologist Dr Michaela Dunbar, helps on both sides of that: Iris to think a boundary through and find the words before you say it, Regulate to settle the guilt that spikes afterwards, and a daily check-in and Daily Calm for a steadier baseline. It is everyday support, not therapy.

Why saying no feels dangerous

If keeping people happy once kept you safe, your body still treats disappointing someone as a threat. That is why a small no can bring a racing heart, a flood of guilt and an urge to take it back.

Knowing this does not make the guilt disappear, but it changes what you do with it. The guilt is an old alarm, not proof you did something wrong.

Boundaries are a body skill as much as a script

Most advice stops at what to say. The harder part is staying steady while you say it, and afterwards, when the guilt arrives.

That is why the app pairs words with regulation: rehearse the boundary with Iris, then use Regulate to ride out the guilt instead of rushing to undo it.

Inside the app

Find the words. Then hold the line.

Support before the conversation, during the wobble, and after the guilt arrives.

Shown in the app’s light theme
  • 01

    Iris

    Talk a boundary through in private: what you want to say, what you are afraid will happen, and a way to say it that sounds like you. AI, not a therapist.

    Iris
  • Regulate in the app: the Interactive tab, the category grid, then Pace the Bloom
    02

    Regulate

    When the guilt spikes after a no, choose how it feels and follow a short practice to settle it, instead of rushing to undo it.

    Regulate
  • The daily check-in in the app: which feels closest right now?
    03

    Check-ins & your garden

    A daily check-in that asks how you actually are, not how you are coping for everyone else.

    Your garden
  • After the check-in: your calm is ready, with the garden growing
    04

    Daily Calm

    A few guided minutes each day that are only yours.

    Daily Calm
  • An example Neuro-Sensitivity Profile wheel in the app
    05

    Neuro-Sensitivity Profile™

    See how sensitive you are to other people’s moods and to conflict, zone by zone. Not a diagnosis.

    The profile
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    The library

    Includes Boundaries Without Guilt, The Boundary Scripts Vault and How To Set Iron-Clad Boundaries.

    The library

My Easy Therapy supports emotional regulation and wellbeing. It is not therapy, a diagnosis, or a substitute for professional mental health care.

How it fits your day

A day of smaller yeses, with support either side.

  1. 01

    Before the conversation

    Think it through with Iris and find a sentence you can actually say.

  2. 02

    After the no

    When the guilt arrives, use Regulate to settle it rather than texting to take it back.

  3. 03

    Each morning

    Check in and do your Daily Calm: a few minutes that ask nothing of you for anyone else.

Try it

Try it before you join. This is the actual app.

Not a video, not a mock-up: the same screens members use, running right here. Nothing you do is saved.

Answer today’s check-in the way members do, and watch your calm get ready as the garden grows.

The real app · nothing you tap is saved

From the library, included

Go deeper when you want to. Included with membership.

Programmes and masterclasses for exactly this, in the app’s library. Or buy any one on its own, once, to keep.

  • Scripts + planner

    3 expert videos, 1 therapeutic yoga practice, 3 workbooks, presentation slides and a transcript · 2 hr 41 min

    Boundaries Without Guilt

    Recognise unhealthy patterns, say what you need and hold your ground with less guilt.

    Included while you’re a My Easy Therapy memberOr buy it once and keep it:$75
  • New

    60 scripts, 12 expanded situations, 12 phone cards, 12 printable cut-out cards and a searchable digital script finder

    The Boundary Scripts Vault

    Know what to say, even when saying no feels difficult.

    Included while you’re a My Easy Therapy memberOr buy it once and keep it:$19
  • 1 masterclass video, 1 practical workbook and presentation slides

    How To Set Iron-Clad Boundaries

    Hold your ground without guilt or over-explaining, with Licensed Psychotherapist Divya Robin.

    Included while you’re a My Easy Therapy memberOr buy it once and keep it:$35
  • 3 movement, therapeutic yoga and journalling videos, plus 2 transcripts

    Boundaries & Self-Trust

    Three body-based practices combining boundaries, non-attachment and guided journalling.

    Included while you’re a My Easy Therapy memberOr buy it once and keep it:$39

Who made it

Designed by a psychologist. Built for the life you actually have.

Dr Michaela Dunbar, Clinical Psychologist and founder of My Easy Therapy

Dr Michaela Dunbar is an NHS-trained, HCPC-registered Chartered Clinical Psychologist and the author of You’ve Got This (Penguin). She knows the capable-outside, overthinking-inside pattern from the inside, and built My Easy Therapy as the daily support she wished she’d had, without the waiting list.

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Members’ words

In their own words. Not typical results, just real ones.

  • “I got good feedback but the best is that I managed to stay calm on stage and I feel proud of myself.”

    Stage confidence
  • “I graduated with my Masters degree last weekend! This program changed me so much for the better!”

    Masters graduation
  • “I had a phenomenal week! I’ve done so much work to start regulating myself... I carried myself like a queen through all of it! This week was an experience of “levelling up” from doing the work!”

    Levelling up

Members’ own words, shared anonymously · personal experiences, not typical results

Membership

One price. Everything included.

Monthly

$27per month

Everything included. Cancel any time in the app; access runs to the end of the month you paid for.

AnnualSave $45

$279per year

Everything included, and $45 less than paying monthly for a year.

Paid at checkout. There is no free trial, so your first payment is covered by a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Every plan includes
  • Daily Calm, a few guided minutes every day
  • Regulate, for the moments it’s too much
  • Iris, your private reflective companion
  • Daily check-ins and your garden
  • Your Neuro-Sensitivity Profile™
  • Every programme, masterclass and yoga collection
  • Coaching calls and WhatsApp support

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Questions

Questions, answered honestly.

It can help you practise the parts that are hard to do alone: noticing the automatic yes, finding words for a boundary, and staying steady through the guilt afterwards. Change comes from repeated small practice, and experiences vary.

Iris can help you think a situation through and draft words that fit you, and the library includes boundary scripts. The decision about what to say, and whether to say it, stays yours.

No. It is a pattern, often learned early, that many people recognise in themselves. If it is linked to anxiety, low mood or a relationship that feels unsafe, please speak to a qualified professional. My Easy Therapy supports emotional regulation and wellbeing. It is not therapy, a diagnosis, or a substitute for professional mental health care.

No. Iris is an AI-supported companion for reflection: it can help you slow down, name what is happening and choose a next step, and like any AI it can get things wrong. It is not a therapist or a crisis service. If you are struggling to cope, contact your GP or a crisis line in your country.

Say the no you mean, and stay steady after

Join My Easy Therapy for somewhere private to find the words, and body-first support when the guilt arrives.

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Before you go

You are not broken.

You’re overloaded, over-responsible and under-supported. Build emotional skills that match the size of your life.

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