042: A Quick Guide for the Perfectionist: What to Do (and Not Do)
Feel Good Effect
Robyn Conley Downs
4.9 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2018
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
What to do (and not do) if you're a perfectionist. We'll dive into why you might be a perfectionist (and not even know it), plus how this mindset may be holding you back from your wellness goals, as well as what to do (and not do) about it.
Key Takeaways
We all have an image in mind when we think of a perfectionist.
Impeccably dressed, clean home, always arriving on time, having it all together.
And while that image is certainly one way of perfectionism can show up, it's not the only way.
Perfectionism shows up in different ways for different people.
So just because you don't fit the stereotype image of the perfectionist, doesn't mean perfectionism isn't a mindset that's affecting your life, or holding you back from where you want to be.
In this episode we'll dive into what to do (and not do) to beat the perfectionist mindset.
Resources
A Quick Guide for the Perfectionist
Episode 17: What I Wish I'd Known When Starting a Wellness Journey
Episode 16: Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done with Jon Acuff
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the feel good effect. In this episode, we're talking about how perfectionism may be standing in the way of your wellness, even if you don't think you're a perfectionist and what to do about it. Let's make it happen. |
| 0:14.7 | Welcome to the feel good effect, a podcast about what it really means to be healthy. I'm your host, Robin Conley Downs. |
| 0:22.9 | I'm a researcher, blogger, storyteller, and educator, |
| 0:27.0 | and I know firsthand just how hard creating a healthy lifestyle can be. |
| 0:31.7 | In this podcast, we'll talk to health and wellness thought leaders, |
| 0:35.1 | innovators, and visionaries, to deconstruct healthy, |
| 0:38.1 | to help you feel good. |
| 0:43.2 | Hey, feel good effect community. I am so glad you're here for this episode about perfectionism, |
| 0:48.7 | even if you don't describe yourself as a perfectionist. This show is super juicy. We have so much great information and a ton |
| 0:56.0 | of tactical takeaways. Before we dive in, I want to give you a resource that might actually |
| 1:01.2 | help this episode be even more helpful in your everyday life. So you can go to realfoodolife.com |
| 1:06.8 | slash quiz and take our wellness personality quiz. This quiz is based on several years of research |
| 1:12.8 | that we have been doing to dive into what it really means to be healthy and the mindsets that |
| 1:17.9 | can not only hold us back, but actually when harnessed, can make us our best, healthiest selves. |
| 1:23.0 | So when you take the quiz, it's only five questions. It takes about 30 seconds to a minute to complete. |
| 1:28.7 | You'll get your personalized wellness personality plus a resource guide that gives you |
| 1:33.5 | ideas about your strengths, what you might want to work on, and how to leverage those |
| 1:38.1 | strengths along with a ton of resources, podcast episodes to listen to, blog posts, an individualized recipe. It's really packed |
| 1:46.7 | with so much goodness. We just released the quiz a few weeks ago. We've had close to a thousand |
| 1:51.7 | people participate so far. And the feedback has been incredible. And it's really helping |
| 1:57.5 | people understand who they are. Some people have written to me telling me that |
| 2:01.3 | it brought them to tears because it made them feel less alone and less flawed. So this isn't about |
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