It seems like most personal development advice out there is made up of all or nothing

extremes designed for perfect robots. But you're a real woman, living a real life.

So maybe you've given up on the Pinterest searches and the programs that promise you overnight

success because they don't work for you. Maybe you've convinced yourself that you and your

circumstances must not be good enough to shift your habits and build a life rich with meaning

and growth and fulfillment. Here's some hard truth for you. Extremes don't work. Not long-term

and not for anyone except maybe for robots. And here's some awesome truth. You don't have to be

special to transform your life. In fact, dramatic and lasting progress happens best

with small wins building over time. It's not magic, it's real and it works, at least for us humans.

I'm Monica Packard, a normal mom and recovering perfectionist. I began this podcast to share my

new pursuit of choosing progress over perfection. Up until that point, I had spent a lifetime

believing that the only way to grow was through extremes. That all or nothing model landed me in

a dangerous cycle of burnout and blaming. I primarily blamed myself. After a breaking point,

I knew that something had to change so that I could better change in the ways I deeply wanted to.

So I decided to do something and experiment with a new model for personal development.

One outside of extremes. And now, years into this experiment, I can honestly tell you that I'm

a completely different person. And it's not because I'm brand new, it's because I'm me again.

Are you ready to grow outside of the cycle of burnout and blaming?

About progress is all about progress made practical. On this show, you'll hear me teach the lessons

I've learned in my years of experimenting with my progress model. You'll get practical tips

to take what you learn and put it into action. You'll listen to interviews with my greatest teachers,

and you'll hear me coach other women who are on the same path to lasting progress.

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