Release Your Perfectionism Handbrake: Power Planning, Clean Rest, and Demystifying Procrastination with Sam Laura Brown

Self-Helpless

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Alternative Health, Science, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Delanie Fischer is joined by Sam Laura Brown, host of The Perfectionism Project and Founder of Perfectionists Getting Shit Done, to discuss how to approach your personal and professional goals in a way that works with your brain, not against it. Sam shares insights on Power Planning, the importance of clean rest, and an astounding reason why we procrastinate and consistently burnout—it'll change your world forever. Plus: + The 1 Thing To Screenshot Today To Decode Your Schedule + Optimal vs. Sufficient (What Perfectionists Must Remember) + Screw 100% Follow-Through—Why 80% Is Your New Best Friend Self-Helpless on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfhelpless Your Host, Delanie Fischer: https://www.delaniefischer.com EPISODES RELATED TO THIS TOPIC: Cracking The Code To Behavior Change: Troubleshooting Tiny Barriers That Destroy Big Goals with Molly Maxwell: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/24e651e8/cracking-the-code-to-behavior-change-troubleshooting-tiny-barriers-that-destroy-big-goals-with-molly-maxwell 12 ADHD Life Hacks with Em Schulz: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/252910dc/12-adhd-life-hacks-with-em-schulz Hurry Sickness And The Busy Brain Cure with Dr. Romie Mushtaq: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/243d15fa/hurry-sickness-and-the-busy-brain-cure-with-dr-romie-mushtaq We Need Your F*cking Art! For Health, Community, and More with Amie McNee: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/25b6ee3e/we-need-your-fcking-art-for-health-community-and-more-with-amie-mcnee Creating A Life Brief And Getting "Fuzzy Clear" with Bonnie Wan: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/251bf5df/creating-a-life-brief-and-getting-fuzzy-clear-with-bonnie-wan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm no good. I take in good advice. And I'm self-careless. So don't tell me twice that lately I've been so
0:11.5	stuck in my head that I forget just about everything my therapist said. Maybe I'm self-helpless.
0:20.9	Hey everyone. Welcome to self-helpless. I'm Delaney Fisher. And today I'm self-helpless. Hey, everyone.
0:21.7	Welcome to Self-Hupless.
0:22.7	I'm Delaney Fisher.
0:23.8	And today I'm chatting with Sam Laura Brown, who is the host of the podcast, the
0:28.2	Perfectionism Project and founder of Perfectionist Getting Shit Done.
0:32.3	And although Sam specializes in working with entrepreneurs and business owners around
0:37.0	perfectionism.
0:37.8	The stuff that we are talking about today is applicable to everybody.
0:42.5	So we are simply using entrepreneurship as an example throughout the conversation to
0:48.4	discuss how to work with perfectionistic tendencies.
0:51.3	But you can plug this into your personal life, your hobbies, your job, parenting,
0:56.6	etc. Anything that makes sense for you. Perfectionism is considered a personality trait. I think it's
1:01.8	important to distinguish the difference between healthy or adaptive perfectionism and unhealthy
1:06.8	or maladaptive perfectionism. We're not saying that anybody who is excited to do things at a high
1:14.1	standard or your goal to achieve excellence at something is a problem. It's not for everybody.
1:20.9	So adaptive perfectionism can involve, you know, setting high standards and striving for excellence,
1:27.2	but you have flexibility.
1:29.3	You are less critical in your approach to making mistakes or having unmet expectations.
1:35.0	On the other end of the spectrum, maladaptive perfectionism, is marked by unrealistic expectations,
1:42.8	really intense self-criticism, and having a hard time adapting or accepting
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