Practise the hard conversation with an AI who pushes back — then get honest coaching on how you did.
It's rehearsal, not therapy.
Private. No sign-up. Takes two minutes.
Why practise
Fawning isn't a personality trait — it's a trained reflex. The yes arrives before you've decided anything. Reflexes only change by being rehearsed under a bit of pressure.
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One shot, real consequences, a nervous system already in flight. So you take the easy sentence and regret it for a week.
02
Unfawn pushes back the way people actually do — guilt, silence, "after everything I've done for you" — so holding your line gets familiar instead of terrifying.
03
Friends say you were fine. Unfawn tells you where you hedged, over-explained or apologised, and hands you the sentence that would have held.
Pick who you're dreading and what you need to say. Unfawn plays them — in character, pushing back — and you answer until the words come easily.
Mum · saying no · take 2
Something's happening right now, or already went badly. Tell Unfawn what was said — mid-conversation you get a reply that holds; afterwards, a straight read of where you folded and what to try next time.
Replay · Friday's 1:1
held the boundary, then took it back in the last sentence.
Try instead: “I can't take that on this quarter. Here's what I can do.”
How a rehearsal goes
Step 1 · 20s
Who it is, what you need to say, how they usually react.
Step 2 · 4 min
They guilt, deflect, go quiet. You keep answering. Restart any line, as often as you like.
Step 3 · 2 min
A score, the exact moment you softened, one stronger sentence to keep.
Step 4 · tomorrow
Same scene, harder pushback. Streaks track the reflex changing, not your mood.
Diagnose you, dig through your childhood, or turn you into someone who steamrolls people. It's a rehearsal room for one skill — saying the true thing and staying in the conversation.
No. No diagnosis, no history-digging. Practice for one specific skill, the way you'd rehearse a talk before giving it.
Works best out loud; that's the part your body learns. Type instead when you can't talk.
The coaching pushes for clear, not cold. Most people-pleasers over-explain and apologise; the fix is fewer words, not meaner ones.
Nobody. Sessions are yours and you can delete any of them, transcript included.
Have it here first, where nothing is at stake and you can start the sentence again.
Private. No sign-up. Takes two minutes.