Understanding and Navigating Perfectionism

Core-level Coaching can help identify the core beliefs that lead to feeling that you, and everyone and everything around you, has to be perfect.

​Perfectionism can look different for different people.  A few key aspects include:

• the irrational belief that you and/or your environment must be perfect
• striving to be the best and expecting the best from others
• a deep belief that mistakes are unacceptable
• always being alert to the imperfections, faults, and weaknesses in yourself and others
• fear of failure and rejection

Did you know that a common aspect of perfectionism is procrastination?  The two often go hand-in-hand.

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​Some of the negative consequences of perfectionism include:

Low self-esteem. Someone struggling with perfectionism never feels "good enough'' about their personal performance, so feelings of being a "failure" or a "loser" can  contribute to low self-confidence and self-worth​

Guilt: Because perfectionism causes a person to never feel good about the way they are handling life, they may experience a sense of guilt or shame.

Pessimism. Since perfectionism has convinced you that it will be extremely difficult to achieve an "ideal goal", you may easily become discouraged and give up easily

Lack of motivation. Believing that the goal of "change'' will never be able to be ideally or perfectly achieved can often cause a lack of motivation to attempt change in the first place, or to continue on if change has already begun.

How Core-level Coaching can Help:

• develop a new mindset that embraces the full range of human emotions and experience
• set realistic goals, balanced with healthy self-care
• recognize that perfectionism is not who you are; rather it is a habit you have developed
• learn ways to work through critical self-talk
• develop the ability to identify thinking traps that are keeping you stuck
• build self-compassion and mindfulness into your everyday life​

Coaching provides support and guidance around overcoming perfectionism and building self-acceptance and self-compassion.  ​​​

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Feedback from Coaching Clients

My biggest take-away so far is that my mind has a mind of its own! I'm starting to understand why I have the patterns I do in my life. It's feeling good to practice things that actually make me feel peaceful. (T.O., 52)

I've been to therapy, which helped at the time. But this feels different, like I've made changes that will allow me to handle challenging experiences now and in the future. Instead of feeling "helped" I felt mentored and guided in helping myself. (Charlotte N., 33)

Having the online modules has been so helpful. I feel like I'm learning so much that I can apply directly to what's going on with me. Being able to come to session knowing I can talk it all through makes it a seamless process. I really feel like emotionally, I'm the best I've ever been! (Peter V, 26)

I have learned so much about myself throughout this experience. I didn't realize how critical I was being about myself. The self-compassion exercises and understanding more about my self-talk has helped me understand how my behaviors and beliefs have been holding me back. This has really changed so much for me - thank you! (Sara, 46)

In my work with Bobbi, my perspective has started to change. I am focusing on the things I can control and letting go of the rest. I always called myself a "worrier", but I don't put that label on myself anymore. I can understand better now how my emotions are impacting me, but that I don't have to get taken over by them. (Kelly, 34)

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