#17: Perfectionism - 3 ways that striving for perfect prevents health and weight loss.

Episode 17 tackles the giant elephant in the room that is currently squashing many of us: perfectionism. I happen to be a recovering perfectionist myself, and I still struggle with it. It’s something that many of my patients struggle with, as well; time and time again, something that comes up in my notes over the years is that progress (in whatever area of life) is being impeded by the desire to be perfect.The truth is, though, doing things imperfectly is better than not doing them. And once we find a way to conquer our “all or nothing” attitudes, or habits of over-planning, or our tendencies to drown so deeply in the details of anything that we hardly get anything done, we can finally shed our desire for perfectionism and get things DONE. This episode explores that fully, and offers solutions.