Episode 161: Perfectionism with Dr. Judy Tsafrir

Phoenix Helix: Autoimmune Resilience

Eileen Laird

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Often, perfectionism is seen as a positive trait. What's wrong with striving for excellence? Nothing, but there's a difference between healthy striving and perfectionism. Healthy striving is a self-compassionate mindset that allows for mistakes, learns from them, sets challenging but achievable goals, and adapts as needed. Perfectionism fears failure, despises mistakes, sets unattainable goals, and feels shame and self-judgement when those impossible goals aren't met. When you apply perfectionism to autoimmune disease, your diagnosis may feel like your fault, and every flare may feel like a failure. You may believe that if you just lived your life perfectly, you could cure yourself. I am a recovering perfectionist, so I have felt all of these things. Don't judge yourself if you have felt this way, too. In this podcast, we explore the connection between autoimmune disease and perfectionism. My guest is Dr. Judy Tsafrir, a holistic psychiatrist who approaches mental health from a functional medicine perspective. She strives to treat root causes in her practice, rather than just symptoms.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Phoenix Helix podcast dedicated to maximizing autoimmune health through the
0:06.0	paleo-autoimmune protocol and functional medicine. While there is no cure for autoimmune disease,
0:11.8	the choices we make every day can have a powerful impact on how we feel. I'm Eileen Laird, your host from
0:17.9	PhoenixHelix.com, and I reduced my rheumatoid arthritis pain by 95%,
0:23.4	which took me from a life of excruciating pain and disability back to a full and beautiful life.
0:30.4	A short disclaimer, I'm neither a doctor nor a nutritionist, and the opinions expressed here are personal.
0:36.1	Always consult with your health care team before making
0:38.6	medical decisions. Now let's get on to the show.
0:59.6	Welcome to Ep 161.
1:01.9	Our topic today is perfectionism.
1:09.8	What's the difference between striving for excellence versus having standards so high that they keep us in a constant state of stress?
1:12.1	When it comes to autoimmune disease,
1:17.9	did you feel like a failure when you were diagnosed? That somehow it must have been your fault?
1:22.9	Did you throw yourself into healing with the goal of actually curing yourself and feel like a failure when that didn't happen? What about autoimmune flares? Do you feel personally responsible for each one?
1:30.2	I know for me, I have felt all of these things.
1:34.1	Then there's the paleo autoimmune protocol.
1:36.6	It has an elimination phase that requires a certain level of perfection.
1:40.7	We need to avoid the inflammatory foods 100%,
1:43.8	otherwise we won't have a clear baseline to test foods during reintroductions.
1:48.0	But how can we do that in a way that's mentally healthy, and what does it look like when we take that too far?
1:54.0	So my guest today is Dr. Judy Safrear, a holistic psychiatrist who approaches mental health from a functional medicine
2:01.7	perspective.
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