The Perfectionism Project

Today I'm sharing the ONE thing that's more important than your marketing strategy (besides your mindset). This episode is to really draw your attention to a key element in success that you might've been overlooking. Maybe you already know that this is a problem, but you've been trying to solve it in ways that don't actually work. Tune into today's episode to learn more about the one element that'...

Today I'm sharing with you 5 Practical Ways To Become A Better Coach Besides Getting Certified. If you're a coach and you have a perfectionist mindset then it is very likely that even though you believe in your potential, you love helping people and you've kind of been coaching people your entire life - that you have your doubts about your coaching abilities. Coaching is a skill. It is a skill tha...

I didn't always know I had a perfectionist mindset. It only really started being a problem for me when I started my business. I just remember that I was so scared of being laughed at and I needed everything to be perfect. But I never thought I was a perfectionist because I was procrastinating too much, I was getting in my own way and I wasn't perfect enough to be a perfectionist. Over the followin...

Today I want to share with you my personal growth update for March 2021. I'm going to be sharing a couple of things that I've been getting coached on myself and journaling on a lot. I hope that it really helps you to hear a bit about what's going on behind the scenes in my business. These episodes that I do monthly are really an opportunity for you to get a sense for how quickly things move or how...

When it comes to building a coaching business, at every level, there'll be things you'll have to do that you won't know how to do yet. There's no point in time when building your business when this isn't the case. I know from experience how tempting it is to fantasize about this one day in the future when you'll feel confident in everything you do. You'll feel confident because you know how to do...

Today, I'm sharing with you five surprising ways perfectionism is showing up in your business. It wasn't until I started my business in 2013 that perfectionism started being a problem for me. Before that, perfectionism worked very well for me in the school system. Even though I was burning out, I never felt good enough and I was always procrastinating - I got good results and I got good grades.  W...

In today's episode I'm chatting about the 10 habits that successful coaches have that you might not have yet. This is a little check in for you to see what habits you do have and what habits you don't have yet, so you can work on them. This episode isn't about beating yourself up or shaming yourself. This is about identifying one habit you can work on to get closer to your goal.  I won't be talkin...

I'm sharing with you three mindset shifts that took me from zero clients to full-time in my coaching business in less than 12 months.  This isn't an exhaustive list of the mindset shifts that got me there. But these are three really important ones that liberated me and gave me the resourcefulness and the courage to launch my coaching services. I was able to go full-time with my services within a y...

Today I'm sharing with you my personal growth update for February 2021.  I record these episodes to share a little about what is going on behind the scenes, what I'm working on in my own business and on my personal development journey. If you're building your business, reflecting on your month is such an incredible tool for personal development.  With these episodes I really hope to normalise the...

Let's chat about how to handle haters as a people pleasing perfectionist. So this is something that might be stopping you from putting yourself out there because you're scared of getting haters so your strategy is to avoid them all together. Maybe you have gotten your first hater or someone's told you they're disappointed in your message or your business and you are trying to figure out how to han...

In today's episode I'm sharing a few pieces of business advice that don't work for perfectionists. There is obviously a lot of advice out there about how to build a full-time coaching business. When you have a perfectionist mindset, there are pieces of advice that don't work and it isn't because there is something wrong with how you are applying the advice. It's because the advice doesn't work wit...

Today I have a very exciting episode to share with you. It's on pregnancy and perfectionism. I'm pregnant! I'm just over half way through my pregnancy and we're having a baby girl. I wanted to share this exciting news with you but also share how pregnancy and perfectionism can be experienced together. I've had my perfectionist mindset come up a lot when it came to trying to conceive, getting pregn...

Today I'm sharing the two productivity tools I used that helped build my business to multiple six figures. If productivity is something you're struggling with because you procrastinate, you spend a lot of time feeling overwhelmed, you never feel like you have enough time or you're burned out - then today's episode is really going to help you. Tune in to hear about the two productivity tools that w...

Today I'm going to be sharing my personal growth update for January 2021.  These personal growth updates are an opportunity for you to get a little look behind the scenes at what someone else's personal development journey involves. Obviously it's impossible to share everything I'm working on, but I do my best to share all the ins and outs and ups and downs. I do this to remind you that this is wh...

In today's episode, I'm chatting about what to do when being more courageous in your business is not paying off yet. Maybe you've been showing up on Instagram and that's taken a lot of courage. Maybe you've been getting on sales calls and you've got your sales page and pricing up but it feels like it's just not worth it because it doesn't seem to be working.  Tune into today's episode to learn how...

Today we're chatting about 5 ways you're unknowingly making your perfectionist mindset work against you without even realizing it - and what to do instead. As you are doing the work to move out of a perfectionist mindset and into a growth mindset, there will still be plenty of time where you are in a perfectionist mindset. That's because changing your mindset is a journey. We want to make sure tha...

Inside of my group coaching program, Perfectionists Getting Shit Done, we set something called an Impossible Goal. This is a goal that is designed to make your brain freak out and call  everything you believe about that goal into question.  Impossible Goals bring up a lot of self-doubt to work through, which can feel uncomfortable. They bring up all of the reasons and all of the evidence that we c...

I'm such a big believer in reviewing your year, I thought I'd share my year in review with you!  At the end of every year, I look through my favorite podcasts and listen to the year in review episodes. I believe it is such an important way to learn about the failures, mistakes and lessons that others make too. T une into this episode, as I reflect on and share with you my biggest failures, lessons...

A few years ago I decided to stop putting off my dreams. And I want you to do the same. Remember that you can put your dreams off forever - and if you don't force yourself to start, it might never happen.  That's why in today's episode, I'm sharing my personal story and my advice on how to go from not knowing what to do in your life to finally figuring out what you love. I also talk about how to f...

Today I'm going to be sharing my personal growth update for December 2020.  I do these updates every single month and it's been great because when we look back on the year as a whole it is easy to forget what happened in those earlier months. Everything really seems amplified towards the end of the year - the highs are higher and the lows are lower and we can easily gloss over the lessons we've le...

This episode was inspired by a recent call in our PGSD community. How much of my personal life to share with my audience was a decision that I needed to make when it came to growing my business. It was especially important because - as someone who talks about my own personal development and struggles - I had to consider whether or not I should share my stories that involve other people.  Listen to...

Today I want to share why I have no Instagram strategy for 2021. This episode is really meant to give you some insight into my business, where it's currently at and the kinds of decisions I'm making to grow my business. I'm hoping this episode will give you a few things to think about in terms of business growth - no matter where you're at. Tune into this episode to learn more about why I've made...

Today I want to chat with you about the 3 people you should not be creating content for. If you are creating content as part of your marketing strategy for your coaching business - this episode is going to be really helpful. More likely than not, you are creating content for at least one of these three people - if not all three. I'm speaking from experience here because I've made content for all t...

If you've been procrastinating on a big decision, this journaling exercise will help. I complete this exercise every time I create a new program, pursue a new idea or change my prices to help me overcome my fears. Grab your journal and a pen and tune in to learn how you can do it too! In This Episode You'll Learn: Why you need to get clear on your fears in order to overcome them Why you might not...

Today I want to chat with you about whether or not you should take a break from working on your business over the holidays.  I know this is a contentious subject for perfectionists. We don't like to rest, we don't like to take breaks, we don't like to feel unproductive - especially if you have a full-time job or a part-time job that you get to have a break from over the holidays. You might be putt...