Gemma Spike

speaker

15,259 appearances 32 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard yesterday

Gemma Spike’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 32 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 10.

Appearances

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

The Psychology of your 20s · 460. The psychology of 'good girl' syndrome · 21 Sep 2026 podcast

In a 2026 study published this year, researchers surveyed 366 women using this newly developed Good Girl syndrome questionnaire. voice-verified

And they found that what we call good girl syndrome wasn't just one trait. voice-verified

So it's difficult to identify, but it's a a cluster of behaviors that is centered around conditional self worth. voice-verified

And only feeling valuable when you meet other people's expectations. voice-verified

Women who scored highly on this questionnaire also tended to be. voice-verified

A perfectionist, B self sacrificing, and voice-verified

C afraid of making mistakes? voice-verified

Uh, what am I up to? voice-verified

D highly ambitious and very focused on making other people happy. voice-verified

The thing is, voice-verified

These traits make you very likable. voice-verified

They make you really successful. voice-verified

And that is a good feeling. voice-verified

It is a good feeling. voice-verified

But it does have a cost. voice-verified

So let's talk about it. voice-verified

The thing is, this type of overresponsibility we're experiencing, to be completely honest with you, is just a fancy form of emotional suppression. voice-verified

There is this big iron gate that we've established to lock away our true feelings because our true feelings would often stand in opposition of what others want us to do, and that is bad. voice-verified

And that is emotional suppression. voice-verified

You may know this already, but long-term people pleasing is being increasingly linked to physical health conditions, increasingly linked to psychological conditions, increasingly linked to things like autoimmune diseases. voice-verified

Showing 1301–1320 of 15,259 · page 66 of 763