Healing Perfectionism: How to Find the Middle Ground

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This show is usually full of big epiphanies, realizations, and moments of healing, with Rachel sharing the whole story and how she made her way to the final result. But today’s episode… is not one of those episodes. Rachel shares in real time everything she is struggling with right now. Over the past few weeks, she has been overwhelmed, stressed, and anxious, and she can’t seem to find a balance or a middle ground with everything on her plate. Is it possible to create the life of our dreams and not burn ourselves out along the way? Should we deprive ourselves of the things we want to create if we can’t find balance? Is there a way to heal from perfectionism? This episode is a vulnerable and honest moment of storytelling as Rachel sits with a lot of questions and not many answers. Tune in if you relate. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know how sometimes on this show I have had big epiphanies and realizations and moments of healing
0:06.6	and then I share that final result with you? This is not one of those episodes. This is me in very
0:14.3	real time sharing what I'm struggling with right now. I have experienced a lot of overwhelm
0:20.7	and anxiety and most of all stress over the past
0:23.9	few weeks and honestly months. And I am deeply struggling to find a middle ground, struggling to find
0:32.3	that balance between work and home life and finding that feeling of feet on the ground while creating beautiful
0:40.4	things in the world. I'm sitting here with a lot of questions and not that many answers,
0:45.2	so it's just a very vulnerable and honest moment of storytelling from a person just trying to
0:51.7	figure out how all of life pieces together.
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1:20.7	Make money work for you.
1:22.2	Investing is not for everyone.
1:23.5	The value of investments can fall as well as rise and you may get back less than you invest.
1:27.0	T's and Cs apply.
1:28.8	So yeah, let's just dive right in.
1:33.9	All right, my lovelies.
1:36.8	Welcome back to the show.
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