Ep. 39: A Funny Way to Approach Fear & Perfectionism

Your Anxiety Toolkit - Anxiety & OCD Strategies for Everyday

Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT | Anxiety & OCD Specialist

Self-improvement, Education, Anxietymindfulnessmeditation, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Hi, there folks! Once again, it is an honor to hang out with you. This week's podcast is a little bit silly. But, I am dead serious when I say that This. Tool. Works! If you are struggling with perfectionism, or anxiety that stops you from starting a project or participating in an event, this is the podcast for you. Sometimes we need a different perspective to pull us out of our constant need to make things perfect and perform in a way that doesn't make us vulnerable. Writing about it doesn't really do it justice, so give this episode a listen. I hope it gives you a little laugh and you can use this tool when you are up against fear and need a little push forward. Forward we go, Kimberley

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0:00.0	You're listening to Your Anxiety Toolkit, episode number 39.
0:10.5	Welcome to Your Anxiety Toolkit. I'm your host, Kimberly Quinlan. This podcast is fueled by three
0:17.4	main goals. The first goal is to provide you with some extra tools to help you manage
0:22.4	your anxiety. Second goal, to inspire you. Anxiety doesn't get to decide how you live your life.
0:29.8	And number three, and I leave the best for last, is to provide you with one big, fat virtual hug
0:36.6	because experiencing anxiety ain't easy. If that sounds good to you,
0:41.2	let's go. Hello and welcome back. I'm so thrilled to have you with me again here for another episode of your anxiety toolkit.
0:56.3	Today, I am going to share with you a tool that I use for managing, number one, perfectionism.
1:08.9	But number two, it's also a tool that I use when people are struggling to start
1:15.3	a project or start an activity when anxiety is getting in the way. So if either of those apply to
1:23.4	you, I think you're really going to enjoy this episode. But the other reason I think you're
1:29.8	going to enjoy it is because I actually think that this tool is hilarious. I love it. It is something
1:36.0	that I practice every single day. You will probably hear me crack up several times during this episode because this topic just makes me
1:49.5	laugh. I think it is such a cool topic and, you know, I think that you'll actually find humor
1:55.8	in the fact that I find it so humorous. So let me share with you a little bit about what I'm talking about.
2:03.4	So commonly, when I am with clients and we're talking about doing hard things and you all know
2:11.8	that's what I'm an advocate for, my goal is just to help you learn to do hard things, you know, and do them proud. But when people are
2:21.8	being asked to do hard things, often they will ask me a question of like, but how? How am I supposed
2:29.2	to do the hard things? How do I get them started? How do I move myself into that process? And often what I find,
2:38.1	as I mentioned at the beginning, is the thing that's preventing them from moving into the project
2:44.3	or the event is often this idea that they're supposed to do it perfectly. And it's this idea that it will be so
2:52.5	fearful, it will be so anxiety provoking that they won't be able to handle it. And so what I do
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