Episode #28: Unraveling Perfectionism with Sam Laura Brown

Summary

Today, I’m thrilled to be bringing you a seriously delicious discussion all about perfectionism. I believe this conversation around unraveling perfectionism is so incredibly important, especially for high-achieving working moms like you. My intention with this podcast is to help you live a lighter life, and this work starts with your brain because it will inevitably translate to your body.

Sam Laura Brown is a perfectionism coach, host of the top-rated podcast The Perfectionism Project and founder of Perfectionists Getting Shit Done – a group coaching program for perfectionists who are building businesses. Sam teaches perfectionists how to follow through with their plans and get out of their own way in their business, and she’s here to share her knowledge with all of you.

Tune in this week to start unraveling your perfectionism and see how perfectionism might be leading to burnout, avoidance, procrastination, and even procrasti-working. We’re discussing why so many smart working moms fall into a pattern of perfectionism, and Sam Laura Brown is sharing her amazing tips for moving away from a fixed perfectionist mindset and into a growth mindset.

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What You’ll Learn from this Episode:

• What perfectionism is and how people use it to avoid shame, judgment, and blame.
• Why Sam Laura Brown felt called to help perfectionist entrepreneurs get out of their own way.
• How perfectionism holds us back when it comes to creating forever weight loss, often without us realizing.
• Why being in a growth mindset allows us to produce higher quality work than when we’re in a fixed perfectionist mindset.
• The way so many people actually use perfectionism as an avoidance tactic, so you don’t have to go all in when pursuing a goal.
• How we’re taught from an early age to pursue perfectionism and attach our value to getting the gold star.
• Why your past results are not evidence of what you’re capable of creating in the future.
• Sam Laura Brown’s tips for dropping the to-do lists in pursuit of your goals.
• How to start releasing the perfectionism handbrake, accept that your plans might not work, and step into a growth mindset.

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• Brené Brown
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck Ph.D.
• Episode #19: Perfectionism Strategy

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