People-pleasing is just lying in a polite voice. You smile yes while everything in you says no.

Agreeing when you mean the opposite feels like kindness and functions as misinformation. People make plans based on what you said, you carry a resentment they cannot see because you never mentioned it, and the whole relationship ends up built on a picture you supplied. The habit usually begins as an attempt to keep the peace.

Try one honest no this week on something small, said kindly and without a paragraph of justification. Notice how easily most people accept it. A relationship that can hold your real answers is the only kind worth the effort.