173: Perfectionism

The Teen Life Coach

Kids & Family

4.6 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Being perfect in something or in someway sounds really great, right? Maybe it sounds great, but perfectionism is actually very debilitating and holds you back in so many ways. This week I talk about why perfectionism isn't as ideal as we think it is. To learn about my programs for teens visit: https://knowingup.com/ To register for my six week group class that starts September 11, 5pm PST visit: https://KnowingUPscheduling.as.me/september Use promo code SEPTEMBER to save $200

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Teen Life Coach podcast. I'm Coach Sammy and I am so glad you are here.
0:11.2	The teen years can be fun and exciting, but also filled with self-doubt, insecurities, and lots of frustration.
0:20.5	I am here to help you along your teen
0:23.6	journey and make sure you enjoy your teen years as much as possible. Let's get started.
0:32.5	Hey, everyone, welcome to the podcast this week. The round of my six week self-confidence program starts
0:41.1	sunday september 11th at 5 p.m so if you guys are interested in doing that i would love to have you come
0:47.8	join me you can also save 200 dollars if you register before august 15th with the promo code September. So if you are interested
0:57.5	in that program, you can go to my website, knowing up.com, or there will be a link in the show
1:03.3	notes to register for that. Today, I wanted to talk about perfectionism because many of you
1:10.4	struggle with this belief or desire that you need to be
1:15.2	perfect or that you like things to be perfect and you may not see that there is anything wrong
1:22.4	with wanting to be perfect but I want you guys to think about perfectionism a little bit differently
1:28.1	today. Perfectionism can show up in your grades at school, in your appearance, like the clothes that
1:34.9	you wear, or your hair, or your body shape and size in athletics, and even in the relationships
1:41.7	that you have in your life. Like, I have to be the perfect daughter or son
1:45.6	or sister or nephew or grandkid.
1:49.5	Maybe you are in a family situation where an older sibling has not made the best life choices
1:56.7	or there are other hardships in your family life.
2:00.0	And so you think that you have to be perfect in order to not cause any more pain,
2:05.2	suffering, and disappointment for your parents.
2:07.6	Or maybe you just put a lot of pressure on yourself to be all the things that you think
2:13.2	your parents want you to be so that your parents can feel happy.
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