Feel Happier Through Messy Growth || H&K with Cathy Heller

About Progress

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

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

In this powerful clip from one of today’s most loved self help podcasts, Cathy Heller breaks down why perfectionism keeps us stuck — and how embracing messy beginnings is the key to real personal growth and development. This conversation explores how to be happier, practice self-compassion, and build sustainable daily habits that support self improvement without shame. A must-listen for anyone navigating personal development, especially those seeking gentler self care for mothers and more freedom in their personal growth journey. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.aboutprogress.com/blog/do-you-believe-you-matter Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! More for Moms Conference use code “LISTENER” for $20 off Leave a rating and review Check out my ⁠workshops⁠! Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Full Show Notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Being an adult sucks.
0:02.0	Adults, they have to work all day.
0:05.0	When adults get male, it's always bills and bills suck.
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0:36.7	Add two beef patties,
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0:48.4	participation may vary. Subjects availability. Hi, I'm Monica Packer from About Progress, and this is a hug and a kick, a series where I share a short excerpt from my extensive podcast archives, one carefully selected to give you the validation and or motivation you need for the weekend.
1:14.7	Okay. you need for the weekend. You know, everybody who's listening, people go through loss, people go through trauma,
1:20.8	people go through rejection.
1:23.2	And what happens is we develop ways to protect ourselves. And on some level, it's really smart because it helped us survive. You know, there were times where the way that we tried to protect ourselves or thought we were protecting ourselves was the only way we made it through some of the most intense things. And so we have to have
1:45.3	compassion, first of all, for that little girl who was really wise to find a way through.
1:52.3	But I think what happens is, like, if you look at a preschool filled with children,
1:58.4	you see kids have this like unbridled enthusiasm and they are up for
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