Underneath my happy-to-help facade, I knew something was wrong. I was a people-pleaser. Is this the life of a follower of Jesus—complete self-abandonment? Heather reads her book, a journey that parallels the Israelite's exodus from Egypt, wandering the wilderness, entering the promised land, and examines how Jesus set the example to follow, living out our lives on this planet.
heatherseeger.substack.com (https://heatherseeger.substack.com/s/people-please-audiobook?utm_medium=podcast)
I merge my annual year-in-review and “word of the year” blog tradition with a bonus episode about her book, People, Please! Click here for a free seven-day trial to listen to People, Please! After the trip stick around for $5/month to support my work and receive art in the mail! (https://heatherseeger.substack.com/8f0593df)
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26 Dec 2025
Part Four: Doing Good + Glorifying God + Living Fully Alive
Previously on People, Please!
Author’s Note (https://heatherseeger.substack.com/p/people-please?r=5js57)
Part One: Be Good + How We Relate to Others (https://open.substack.com/pub/heatherseeger/p/part-one-be-good-how-we-relate-to?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web)
Part Two: Do Good + How We Relate to Ourselves (https://open.substack.com/pub/heatherseeger/p/part-two-do-good-how-we-relate-to?r=5js57&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false)
Part Three: Doing Good + Still Exhausted + Relating to the World (https://open.substack.com/pub/heatherseeger/p/part-three-doing-good-still-exhausted?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web)
Part Four includes chapters 13 + 14. All Chapters are marked and I will list them below!
Chapter 13: holy rituals 0:00
Chapter 14: how Jesus helps us live fully alive 11:19
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20 Dec 2025
Part Three: Doing Good + Still Exhausted + Relating to the World
Previously on People, Please!
Author’s Note (https://heatherseeger.substack.com/p/people-please?r=5js57)
Part One: Be Good + How We Relate to Others (https://open.substack.com/pub/heatherseeger/p/part-one-be-good-how-we-relate-to?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web)
Part Two: Do Good + How We Relate to Ourselves (https://open.substack.com/pub/heatherseeger/p/part-two-do-good-how-we-relate-to?r=5js57&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false)
Part Three includes chapters 9-12. All Chapters are marked and I will list them below!
Chapter 9: the self-righteous complainer 0:00
Chapter 10: convictions before confidence 13:08
Chapter 11: holding joy and sorrow 32:19
Chapter 12: how Jesus related to the world 43:27
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12 Dec 2025
Part Two: Do Good + How We Relate to Ourselves
Previously on People, Please!
Author’s Note (https://heatherseeger.substack.com/p/people-please?r=5js57)
Part One: Be Good + How We Relate to Others (https://open.substack.com/pub/heatherseeger/p/part-one-be-good-how-we-relate-to?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web)
Part Two includes chapters 5-8. All Chapters are marked and I will list them below!
Chapter 5: it’s time you have a chat with yourself 0:00
Chapter 6: i’m fine, everything is fine, except that it’s not 15:34
Chapter 7: fear of failing 30:10
Chapter 8: how Jesus related to the triune God 39:51
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5 Dec 2025
Part One: Be Good + How We Relate to Others
Previously in People, Please!
Author’s Note (https://heatherseeger.substack.com/p/people-please?r=5js57)
Part One includes chapters 1-4. All Chapters are marked and I will list them below!
Chapter 1: Is this my best life? 0:00
Chapter 2: trusting God in the unmasking 17:48
Chapter 3: lessons in authentic relationships 31:12
Chapter 4: how Jesus related to others 44:21
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2 Dec 2025
People, Please! Audiobook
Author's Note from People, Please! Leaving the Crowd's Approval for the Glory of One. Read by the author, Heather Seeger.
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