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Tag: emotions

Your Journey to a Fulfilling Life

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  • Gratitude is a topic everyone grapples with on one level or another, perfectionists, in particular, have a difficult time both with receiving and giving.

    Levels of Gratitude

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  • Perfectionists try so hard to fit in and do right by everyone because we feel responsible for being the black sheep. Not because we are a disgrace, but because we are misunderstood.

    Are Perfectionists Black Sheep In Disguise?

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  • Toxic Conformity Is Damaging Your Health And Well-Being. Imagine if we substituted papercuts for emotional jabs we receive daily.

    How Toxic Conformity Is Damaging Your Health And Well-Being

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  • Darling, heartthrob, lover, paramour, beloved, flame, truelove, significant other, ok lovebirds, what do you call your romantic partner?

    Lovebirds and Love

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  • The following factors can play a key role in the development of anxiety in someone with strong perfectionistic traits. 

    How Perfectionism Relates to Anxiety Disorders

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  • Therapy can show the possibilities of a better life to those who feel trapped, and they cannot fathom a life worth living.

    The Possibilities of a Better Life Are Attainable

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  • Dr. Marla introduced to me the notion of feminine/masculine energy which blew my mind. I didn't learn it in graduate school, yet it makes so much sense.

    Interview with Dr Marla from Zen Mind Space

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  • If these words give you a negative reaction, then you might be a perfectionist and you may be suffering from anxiety and depression.

    Perfectionist 4-letter words that are uncomfortable

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  • In Spanish, there is a saying, “no pasa nada,” which literally means, “nothing is happening, or nothing happened” translated to “don’t worry about it”.

    No Pasa Nada

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  • It is crucial that we develop and practice self-compassion every day, every moment. Understanding that despite all of your wishes, you aren’t perfect.

    Self-compassion is a foundational

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  • Timestamp, after that period is up, we think the emotions and thoughts associated with this event are resolved and will vanish into thin air.

    Timestamp.

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  • Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Perfectionism is a leading risk factor for suicide. Call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline 800-273-8255

    World Suicide Prevention Day

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  • Mommy Guilt. I hear it from everyone these days, it feels like you're juggling 50 pound balls- individual demands and mother roles.

    Guilt Ridden Decisions Lead to Compassion Fatigue

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  • Even though our energies and attention are devoted to our own little human beings- this overwhelming feeling of loneliness and isolation creeps in.

    Isolation and other Motherhood Goodies

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  • How often do you feel gung-ho about making a change in your life? Learning new skills takes time, like me and tennis. It's all a process.

    What do tennis and therapy have in common?

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  • Kintsugi is a Japanese method of repairing porcelain pottery with gold it highlights the cracks instead of disguising them.

    Welcome to the Kintsugi show!

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  • Anxiety can feel like falling through a rabbit hole. One hypothetical situation leads to another and before you know it, you’ve planned a grim future.

    Spiraling Staircase Anxiety Keeps Moving

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  • Mantras are a word or string of words stated repetitively to get you centered and grounded. To get you out of that frazzled out of control state.

    Mantras are a girl’s best friend

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  • It could always be worse.” Followed up by “It is what it is.” So it’s bad, but it could be terrible and let’s just accept the bad?

    Well, it could always be worse

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  • White lies are an attempt to stall the consequences of the truth. Do we have to swallow our true feelings to please the other person?

    White lies are more harmful than you think. 

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  • Managing your emotions with compassion is the key to personal growth. When I am going through a difficult moment in my life, I criticize my reaction.

    Managing Your Emotions with Compassion

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  • Let’s commemorate the father's who try to speak up about big feelings with their kids. Dads, you may not realize how much your words mean to your kids.

    Father’s advice, don’t keep the stone in your throat.

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  • Everything is not fine. Are there some positives to this situation? It’s the perfect mindset to pummel through any difficult situation.

    It’s fine.

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  • Do you have a love-hate relationship with your to-do list? During my perfectionism pre-recovery, I hailed the “To-Do List” as my all-knowing guidance.

    Your TO-DO List

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  • As a “recovering perfectionist” my aim in life is to make everything nice for everyone, but by fixing their problems, I rob them of life skills.

    Learn the Recovering Perfectionist Skills

    Recovering Perfectionist As a “recovering perfectionist” my aim in life [...]

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  • Alone on Mother’s Day

    Alone on Mother’s Day

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  • Had I not delt with my internal conflict and was clear on my decision, I would have been swayed by all of those comments.

    How to Deal with the Internal Conflict of Wanting to be Everything to Everyone

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  • Did you know that it is scientifically proven that our heart emanates a magnetic field several feet away from the body?

    How HeartMath and Therapy go Hand in Hand

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  • Someone asked me why a psychologist who works on anxiety and perfectionism wrote a book about divorce, no less for children?

    What does divorce have to do with perfectionism?

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  • Not all perfectionists are doomed for romance fails, but this main type of perfectionist has it the worst.

    Beware of Dating a Perfectionist

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  • Perfectionists can get involved in rocky relationships because they are doubtful of their performance in comparison to others.

    “You complete me” and other romantic fallacies

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  • As a perfectionist, you may wonder about the specifics of it all, because not all perfectionists are created equal.

    What kind of a perfectionist am I anyway?

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  • Did you know that some personality traits lend themselves more easily to perfectionism than others? Do you have these traits?

    Do you have what it takes to be a perfectionist?

    So, do you have what it takes to be a [...]

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  • At the beginning of my perfectionism awareness journey, someone said to me, “You lack gratitude.” I was shocked.

    Gratitude As A Perfectionist

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  • Byproducts of toxic conformity look like you’re making changes, but really, you’re digging yourself deeper into the hole.

    Byproducts Of Toxic Conformity

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  • Why do we hide from our feelings? The hope is that the more we analyze the more we disintegrate them until they disappear.

    How To Stop Hiding From Your Feelings

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  • Perfectionism is a mask we wear to hide the parts of us we are ashamed of showing to the outside world, and sometimes, even to ourselves.

    The Mask Of Perfectionism

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  • The resistance to accept love shows up in everyday situations. Are you comfortable receiving and relishing love from others?

    You can dish it, but can you take it?

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  • These eleven behaviors are complete wastes of your time, especially if you’re a perfectionist in search of the ultimate life.

    Stop Wasting Time With These 11 Behaviors

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  • Five ways to strategically delegate tasks, save time, and reclaim your power to avoid breaking points when dealing with every day situations.

    Five Situations To Reclaim Your Power

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  • Postpartum depression can rear its ugly head when you least expect it. Even I, a psycohologist, has gone through it. But it gets better!

    Postpartum Depression with your second child

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  • When a perfectionist uses research to prove a point and justify their lifestyle, it circumnavigates the notion that what they feel and want is valid.

    Research Is The Perfectionist’s Scapegoat

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  • Perfectionism is an emotional development which begins at an early age that has been stunted by the coping skills of past generations.

    Emotional Immaturity Leads To Perfectionism in Children

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  • As a perfectionist, the fear isn’t so much in the mistake, it lies in fearing not being loved or accepted anymore by the important people in their life. 

    The Fear Of Making A Mistake As A Perfectionist

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  • When our community suffered from a disastrous event with the collapse of Champlain Tower in Surfside, I was in total disbelief and wanted to lend a hand.

    Lending A Hand During A Disastrous Event

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  • Oftentimes, the other parent feels like they always fall short of the perfectionist’s expectations and everything they do is wrong.

    Different Doesn’t Always Mean Wrong

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  • For many individuals sometimes life feels like they’re on a hamster wheel, running as fast as they can only to land right back where they started.

    Stepping Out of the Hamster Wheel

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  • Many parents complain that their kids don’t have the stamina, drive, grit, or the motivation to get things done. But are they being a good disciplinarian?

    Guilt makes for a shitty disciplinarian 

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  • Am I really asking too much? I give you everything you ever ask and ALL I ask of you is [insert chore] and you NEVER do it.

    Am I Really Asking Too Much?

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  • Perfectionists are detail-oriented and super planners and along with the desire for predictability comes the pressure to make it happen.

    Perfectionism is an idealized form of predictability

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  • Who is happy all of the time? Parents don’t have an answer because no one is always happy all the time. But how do we give our kids, the best options?

    I just want my kid to be happy

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  • Why is it that some highly successful and intelligent individuals suffer from crippling anxiety? Anxiety is our imagination gone awry.

    Is anxiety just our imagination gone awry?

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