The Perfectionism Project

There's a lot of advice out there about how to stop scrolling on social media. And if it hasn't been working for you, this episode will help you understand why and what to do instead. I'm not perfect and definitely have my moments when it comes to social media - but I scroll significantly less than I used to and the advice I share in this episode is why. If you're a perfect In This Episode You'll...

In this episode I'm going to share 12 simple changes I made to my daily work habits that have allowed my business to grow. These are changes that I have made over the last three years. Some of these have been made in the last months and others I have been practicing for years.  Upon reflection, these have been some of the daily work habits that really allowed my business to take off. These habits...

In this episode I'm going to be sharing with you three secrets to confidently promoting yourself and your business. These are going to be really helpful to you, especially if your perfectionism handbrake has been on. If your perfectionism handbrake is on, this means that you have been getting in your own way and you've also been struggling to put yourself out there confidently due to fear of judge...

In today's episode I'm going to be sharing 5 life-changing lessons about perfectionism from Carol Dweck.  I've actually been planning to record this episode for a long amount of time, but ironically, I was worried I wouldn't be able to do Carol's teaching enough justice. Carol Dweck has been someone influential in my understanding of perfectionism and my perfectionism handbrake. She's helped me id...

In today's episode I want to share an idea with you that'll help you release your perfectionism handbrake and help you get out of your own way in your business.  This is something that I don't hear talked about very much and I wanted to bring it to your attention.  There's a lot of talk in the entrepreneurship world around "being your own boss". And the messaging we're fed is that if you could jus...

In today's episode I want to talk to you about the hidden ways your to-do list is making you less productive. As perfectionists we are huge lovers of to-do lists. We think, "the longer the list, the better" and we love that feeling when you tick off the items on your to-do list. But your to-do list is making you less productive than you could otherwise be. Listen to today's episode to get producti...

In today's episode I'm sharing 3 practical ways to earn your own trust. Earning your own trust is a very important topic when it comes to perfectionism and especially when it comes to owning a business. When your perfectionism handbrake is on, you'll tend to show up in a way and approach your business in a way that depletes your self-trust rather than fortifying it. You may notice you begin to set...

In this episode I want to talk about 10 habits that are keeping you overwhelmed. When your perfectionism handbrake is on, overwhelm is something that keeps coming up. Inside of our group coaching program, Perfectionists Getting Shit Done, we teach overcoming overwhelm in our productivity phase of the PGSD Process. We do this because overwhelm is often something that stops perfectionists from being...

When I was getting started in my business something that really helped me was going back to the beginning of other people's businesses that I admired and seeing where they started. When your perfectionism handbrake is on, you don't want to evolve publicly. You want to evolve in private and come out to the world as this perfect person. And then you want to continue to be a perfect person.  But by s...

In today's episode I'm sharing 5 tips to help you make business friends. Making business friends is one of the most powerful things you can do to help you and your business.  But when your perfectionism handbrake is on, making business friends can be a really scary thing to think about. It involves reaching out to people who might reject you and being judged. You probably already know how incredib...

In my group coaching program, Perfectionists Getting Shit Done, we do multiple live coaching calls each and every month to help our PGSDers release their perfectionism handbrakes - by getting coached themselves and watching others get coached too. And today I'm sharing a snippet of one of these coaching calls with you! Sabeela ( @ healingheartscoach on Instagram) submitted a request to get coached...

In today's episode I'm going to be sharing 4 practical steps that'll help you overcome the fear of disappointment.  The fear of disappointment is something that most perfectionists are very familiar with. When your perfectionism handbrake has been on for a long time - you've disappointed yourself, you've let yourself down, you've given up on goals and you've not followed through on plans. It can c...

It's rarely the case that perfectionists don't know enough or that they don't have enough strategy.  Perfectionists love to learn. That's why one of the most common signs your perfectionism handbrake is on, is that you spend most of your time procrasti-learning instead of doing.  Tune into today's episode because I'm sharing three hard truths about procrasti-learning and how it's hurting your busi...

In my group coaching program, Perfectionists Getting Shit Done, we do multiple live coaching calls each and every month to help our PGSDers release their perfectionism handbrakes - by getting coached themselves and watching others get coached too. And today I'm sharing a snippet of one of these coaching calls with you! Kristen ( @kristencainstyle on Instagram) submitted a request to get coached be...

As a perfectionist, it's very easy to want to be productive all of the time. And when your perfectionism handbrake is on, you start to feel guilty when you want to rest.  We think that if I can just be productive enough, I'll achieve more and gain more confidence. But what if I told you that by resting, you could get further ahead and feel so much better about yourself and about your business? Tun...

In today's episode I'm sharing with you all of the lessons and similarities that there are between being pregnant and running a business. When you're pregnant, you're going through a lot of change and getting to know yourself in so many different ways. You're responding to change and having to adapt to that. This is the same with running a business because it's a huge personal growth experience. T...

This episode is all about how to take time off without your business suffering. This could be because you're having a baby (like me), because you want to go on vacation or simply because you want to create more freedom in your business. This episode was recorded at 3 different times - before I got pregnant, after I found out I was pregnant and at the end of my third trimester. By sharing this jour...

There are so many misconceptions about perfectionism that most perfectionists don't even realise they are one.  As an entrepreneur, there's a good chance that the only reason you're not being productive and succeeding at the level you want is because your perfectionist mindset is working against you. In this episode, I share 5 signs you're a perfectionist, what it means for your business and how t...

In this episode I'm sharing my personal growth update for both April and May 2021.  I've been doing these personal growth updates for nearly three years now and do these so that you can get a sense of what it's really like to build a business as a perfectionist. I hope this episode helps you take a little pressure off yourself to feel like you're always having breakthroughs and kicking goals. In T...

Something that has helped me over the course of my business journey is an idea that I first began experimenting with after the second month of starting my business. I've continued to use this idea in various shapes and forms in my business over the last seven years.  This idea is focusing on quantity over quality and how that can help you overcome perfectionism.  I know that for perfectionists foc...

In this episode I want to talk about the most important thing every perfectionist needs to remember when building a business. This might be something you're hearing about for the first time or maybe you're already familiar with this concept. I'm going to be talking specifically about how this applies to a perfectionist who is building a business and how you can use it to work for you instead of ag...

I want to share my simple 3 step process for releasing your perfectionism handbrake and getting shit done called the PGSD Process. The PGSD Process is being taught live inside Perfectionists Getting Shit Done starting on 31 May 2021. We're doing our first ever live round. If you're already a PGSDer you'll be able to join us but if not, now is the time to sign up because the doors to PGSD are closi...

Today I want to share with you five reasons you always feel overwhelmed. Overwhelm is something that I talk about on most of the episodes in some way, shape or form. But I realise that I haven't explicitly done an episode on overwhelm in quite a long time. So today, I'm going to talk about why overwhelm is happening. It's so important that you understand the real reasons that you're feeling overwh...

In today's episode I want to talk to you about 10 subtle signs that your perfectionism handbrake is on. When your perfectionist mindset is working against you, building a coaching business is like driving a car with a handbrake on.  And the ONLY reason that you're not getting shit done in your coaching business is because no one has ever taught you how to release your perfectionism handbrake quick...

Today's episode is for you if you've been struggling to figure out what to say, when to say it, how to say it and all of those things because you've been scared of judgment.  Maybe your fear of being judged has caused you to overthink what you're putting out there. Maybe you don't feel qualified enough to be sharing advice. Maybe you feel like what you would be sharing isn't profound enough. Maybe...