155: Progress, Not Perfection (with Monica Packer)

Vibrant Happy Women

Jen Riday

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4.8 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Perfectionism can plague all of us at times, as we sometimes struggle with the normal human condition of feeling "not good enough." In this episode you'll learn how to change your thoughts so you can value progress for the sake of progress and growth for the sake of growth (leaving perfectionism in the DUST!)

What You'll Learn:

How to make life more about about progress, not perfection.
Why trying and trying and trying is the secret to life.
How to experience the joy that comes from growth just for growth’s sake.
And much more!

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vibrant Happy Women podcast, episode number 155. We're talking about
0:08.3	making progress rather than being stuck on perfection. Stay tuned. Hi, I'm Dr. Jen Ryday,
0:19.4	former burned out mom of six turned happiness whisperer.
0:23.4	And I'm here to help you get off that hamster wheel and make time for yourself without the guilt.
0:31.0	So you can live a balanced, calm, heart-centered life.
0:35.1	With over 2.5 million downloads, this is the Vibrant Happy Women
0:41.6	podcast. Hey there, welcome back. We're talking about perfectionism today. Perfectionism can be
0:49.0	paralyzing as you think about all the things you have to do or need to do or should be doing and get stuck
0:57.3	with the idea that you need to do it perfectly. And when you think like that, you get paralyzed
1:02.3	and you become way less happy. How do we shift our thinking around all of these things and let go of
1:09.0	that perfectionism? Well, my guest today is Monica Packer,
1:12.2	who happens to have a podcast that is amazing called About Progress. That word progress is so
1:19.4	amazing because our goal is progress. Simple forward steps. Little baby steps forward.
1:27.2	Never again trying to be perfect. Progress, not
1:31.5	perfection. That is our goal. And that's what we're going to be talking about in this episode today.
1:37.1	So let's go ahead and dive in and hear what our guest Monica Packer has to share.
1:43.7	My guest today is Monica Packer, and she's a podcaster,
1:46.9	self-development coach and recovering perfectionist at About Progress. She's a wife and mother of
1:52.0	four young kids living in San Francisco East Bay area. Monica is passionate about empowering women
1:57.8	to find, develop, and own their own gifts by refusing to be held back by
2:02.2	their fears of imperfection. Monica is a former middle school English and history teacher,
2:06.3	has always been obsessed with Oprah and loves to bore people with her tales of recently learning
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