The Yes Woman

Through interviews, research and her own experiences, Grace Jennings-Edquist analyses 'Yes Woman' behaviour: a mix of perfectionism and people-pleasing holding women back and often burning them out. A practical guide to recognising your own Yes Woman tendencies, measuring their cost on your health, and resisting that need to please.

Grace Jennings-Edquist is a journalist at the ABC, where she writes articles on issues including gender equality and wellbeing for ABC Life. As a former senior editor at Mamamia Women's Network and co-founder of feminist website To Her Door, Grace has written extensively about women's mental health for an audience of millennial Australian women. A former lawyer with a love of travel, Grace has lived in London, The Hague, Sydney and New York, where she worked for the Financial Times group. She currently lives in Melbourne with her husband, young daughter and a vegetable garden she occasionally finds time to water. Follow her musings on Twitter: @gracie_je.