Here's the first phrase. I just want to be the best version of myself. Take that in and notice how

that feels in your body. Okay. There's nothing wrong with that at face value, right? Can't find one

thing wrong with any of these words. But what happens if we examine it versus taking it as a well-worn

platitude? Here's how we might translate this phrase.

I just want to be the best version of myself, might really be. There's a current version of me that

is not good enough. Isn't that the truth of what we're saying? When we're constantly reinforcing,

I'm just trying to be the best version of myself.

The energy we're holding is there's something wrong with my current version.

Hello, welcome to the show.

This is Emotional Badass, where Moxie meets Mindful.

I'm your host, Nikki Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist. And on today's episode,

we're talking about the sneaky bastard of perfectionism, y'all. All right, I have nine healthy

sounding phrases that are actually covert self-pressure towards perfectionism.

The list I've compiled today for you to consider is focused on self-talk so you can better

catch that sneaky bastard and stop letting it run you ragged, stop letting it bring you to your

knees as an almost constant feeling of

failure and never good enough. To be able to reframe these phrases toward honest, clear, and clean

encouragement, self-guidance and forward motion that gets you moving instead of stuck under the weight of never good

enough shame. I have a part two for you. Part two will be available on Patreon as the exclusive

episode for patrons. So come sign up for Patreon to listen to part two where we will reframe these phrases. Today I just want you to understand

and examine your relationship to these phrases and their vibes and how sneaky shame and perfection

can be. Before we move on, I'm going to give you part of what you get when you come join our Patreon and support us, supporting you and everyone else all across the world.

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