Breaking Free from People-Pleasing: A Conversation on Boundaries & Authentic Choices
You know that sinking feeling when you say "yes" but mean "no"? When you're exhausted from managing everyone else's emotions? When your kindness has become a cage?
Join Ladies Get Paid for an intimate Instagram Live between coach Claire Wasserman and Lydia Fenet, world renowned auctioneer and author, who's ready to get real about people-pleasing—why we do it, what it's protecting us from, and most importantly, how to reclaim our authentic yes and no.
We'll explore:
Why your people-pleasing isn't weakness (it's protection)
The somatic signals your body sends before you abandon yourself
Practical ways to honor your needs without guilt
How The Practice cards help rewire the need for external validation
This conversation is for you if you're tired of being everything to everyone except yourself.
A recording will be available on the @ladiesgetpaid Instagram page.
SPECIAL GUEST: LYDIA FENET
World renowned auctioneer and founder of the first auctioneering talent agency (Lydia Fenet Agency), Lydia Fenet is a trailblazer who is reshaping the landscape of her industry. In addition to her two decades as a Global Managing Director at Christie’s, Lydia became the lead charity auctioneer for the firm single handedly raising more than $1 billion for non-profits and mastering the art of commanding rooms, inspiring confidence, and leading with poise.
But Lydia’s influence extends far beyond the auction block. She is the author of two bestselling books, The Most Powerful Woman in the Room Is You and Claim Your Confidence, and the host of the Rockefeller Center-sponsored podcast “Claim Your Confidence.”
Widely recognized for her poise and power onstage, she has stood alongside celebrities including Bruce Springsteen, Hugh Jackman, Elton John, Matt Damon and Jerry Seinfeld to raise record-breaking donations for the most notable charities across the globe. Her ability to empower and inspire resonates deeply with audiences, and continues to grow as she sold her first book, The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You to Hulu-and is executive producing the TV series SOLD with writer Stacy Greenberg and showrunner Sharon Horgan.
Lydia is represented by CAA and travels internationally as a keynote speaker, empowering others to reach their full potential. Her keynote, Own The Room: Uplevel your Executive Presence has been featured at the Female Founder Collective summit, Female Founder’s Fund summit, Hearst Summit and will be at the ChiefX summit this fall. She is also a contributing writer for Fast Company, having penned articles on building confidence, achieving career success, and mastering the art of negotiation. She lives in NYC with her husband and three children.
YOUR HOST: CLAIRE WASSERMAN
Claire Wasserman is a coach, speaker, author, and founder of Ladies Get Paid, a newsletter, podcast, and coaching practice dedicated to helping women embrace their worth and activate their potential. Her latest creation, The Practice, is a 30-day somatic journey that rewires the brain from self-doubt to self-trust.
With a Master's Certificate in Financial Psychology, Claire has traveled the country teaching thousands of women how to negotiate millions of dollars in raises, start businesses, and advocate for themselves in the workplace. But after a decade of helping women achieve external success, she recognized a deeper pattern: every woman she coached battled the same invisible enemy—the false stories she told herself about what she deserved.
Through her own journey of navigating divorce, business collapse, and her newborn son's life-threatening diagnosis, Claire discovered how to quiet the relentless inner critic and reconnect with body wisdom. She distilled these breakthrough insights into The Practice, a therapist-reviewed system that transforms limiting beliefs through somatic exercises and neuroplasticity principles.
Named one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women, Claire has spoken at Harvard Business School, Facebook, NASA, and the United Nations, and appeared on Good Morning America and in the New York Times. Her book Ladies Get Paid was published by Simon & Schuster in 2021.
Learn more about Claire and The Practice at coachmeclaire.com