The Perfectionism Project

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...

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...