The Perfectionism Project

This week, I'm running a FREE Makeover Your Mindset Challenge to celebrate the launch of my new membership - Perfectionists Getting Shit Done . For Day 5 of my FREE Makeover Your Mindset Challenge, I'm sharing the one thing you must do to create your dream life.   If you haven't yet joined my Makeover Your Mindset Challenge, it's not too late! Make sure you go to samlaurabrown.com/challenge to sig...

This week, I'm running a FREE Makeover Your Mindset Challenge to celebrate the launch of my new membership - Perfectionists Getting Shit Done . For Day 3 of my FREE Makeover Your Mindset Challenge, I'm sharing 3 ways you're sabotaging your personal growth.   If you haven't yet joined my Makeover Your Mindset Challenge, make sure you go to samlaurabrown.com/challenge to sign up. Day 2 and Day 4 of...

This week, I'm running a FREE Makeover Your Mindset Challenge to celebrate the launch of my new membership - Perfectionists Getting Shit Done . For Day 1 of my FREE Makeover Your Mindset Challenge, I'm sharing my must-have mindset habits.   I'm talking about the biggest mistakes that perfectionists make with personal development, my favourite habits, the difference between passive habits and activ...

In this episode, I'm sharing a behind the scenes look at my personal development journey (and business) in the hope it will inspire you to work on yourself. I'm always honest in these episodes so there's no avoiding that April was a messy month for me.   I spent most of April feeling confused, overwhelmed and extremely uncomfortable - which means I'm on the right track! Tune in to hear what I've b...

When I first started my blog, I had zero confidence. And I really do mean zero! That's why I kept it a secret from EVERYONE in my life for more than a year. I doubted myself so much that the tiniest giggle from a loved one would have forced me to shut the whole thing down.     I've come a long way since then, so in this episode, I'm sharing practical tips to help you create self-confidence when yo...

I love teaching ambitious women how to use their identity to create change, and in this episode I'm sharing some of my best advice with you! Tune in to discover why you keep sabotaging your success and how to create an identity that will pull you towards your goals.   I first talked about this in Episode 26 of the podcast and since it's always one of my most popular episodes, I'm answering the mos...

Ever since I started my blog in August 2013, building a six-figure business has been a dream of mine. Since my business will be crossing the six-figure mark this week, I thought now would be the perfect time to chat through what it feels like to finally be here.     Like most people, I believed that having a six-figure business would mean more happiness, more time and feeling more organised - but...

The way you think about money determines how you feel about money and therefore what you do with money. More money doesn't solve money problems (because fear of not having enough turns into fear of losing it). It's an abundant money mindset that solves money problems and I LOVE sharing what I learn as I do the work to create my own.   One of the things I do to create an abundant money mindset is m...

Being indecisive is costing you more than you realise. It's not just stopping you from creating your dream life - it's also draining you of precious mental energy!   In this episode, I'm sharing why we stay in confusion (even though it's so frustrating) and giving you a practical exercise you can use to create massive amounts of mental clarity today. It's time to start creating the life you deserv...

I always help my 1:1 coaching clients to uplevel their morning and nighttime routine. How you start and end each day matters , and there's always room for improvement. Even for me! In a couple of days, I'm taking a group of ambitious women under my wing and teaching them what I teach my 1:1 coaching clients about routines. If you're interested in joining me for Perfect Your Morning & Nighttime Rou...

At the beginning of my personal development journey I had some serious resistance around rest. I've always wanted to feel busy. And because of that, I've been experimenting with it for just as long (see this blog post from 2014).   I feel like I'm now in quite a healthy place with rest - i.e. I actually allow myself to do it, without the guilt! I recently had two weeks completely off my business a...

Perfectionism is created by the belief that if you can do everything perfectly, and look perfect, you won't have to experience the pain of judgement, blame and shame. Perfectionists aren't perfect people, they're people who feel ashamed that they're not perfect. The beliefs that create the perfectionist mindset run deep, which is why catchy reminders like "done is better than perfect" don't tend t...

March 2019 was an interesting and exciting month for me. The first half was filled with lessons and the second half filled with wonder (and even more lessons). I learned A LOT and am so excited to share the best of it with you in this episode. This month I relaunched my perfectionism course Get Out Of Your Own Way, spent a week in Bali on the Manifestation Babe Retreat and finally gave myself perm...

When you have a perfectionist mindset, the temptation is always to only do things you'll be good at or pursue opportunities that might succeed (so that you don't waste effort). While that may sound logical, it's a very limiting way to live life and will only end in dissatisfaction. In this episode,  I'm sharing how you can use creativity to get yourself into a growth mindset (i.e. a mindset that w...

Creating new habits can be challenging, but it doesn't always have to be that with! And the best news is that the answer isn't trying harder - you just need to change the way you're thinking about it.   In this episode, I'm sharing the mindset trick I've used to pull myself out of habits that have eluded me for years. The simple strategy I share will have you creating success habits with ease. I'm...

If you've been telling yourself that happiness will meet you further down the road (when you get X or achieve Y or marry Z), it will always be further down the road - no matter what your circumstances are. If you're not grateful for what you have, you won't be grateful for what you get. So in this episode, I'm sharing 5 simple gratitude practices that you can experiment with. Some of these I've le...

Waking up early is a powerful routine, but not for the reason you might think! Honouring a commitment to yourself is such an incredible way to start the day - regardless of whether that commitment is to wake up on your alarm at 5 am or 11 am!   Over the years, I've heard a lot of advice on how to wake up early. But in my opinion, most of that advice fails to mention the mindset advice that matters...

I've definitely been guilty of procrasti-learning - that thing we do when we want to feel productive but don't want to risk the disappointment that might come if we actually get started. Researching and over-analysing are two things perfectionists are more than familiar with, so I thought I'd dedicate a podcast episode to them. And here we are!   In This Episode You'll Learn: Whether you're suffer...

In school, we're praised for being full of potential. But in the real world, potential doesn't matter - it's what you do that counts. In this episode, I'm shining a light on a seemingly positive belief that is holding SO many perfectionists back - and what to do about it! If you see yourself as someone who's full of potential but you're scared to attempt anything that might fail, this episode is f...

In this episode, I'm sharing a behind the scenes look at my personal development journey (and business) to inspire you to work on yourself every day. For me, February was a really powerful month in so many ways. Tune in to hear some of the most important things I learned as I set about my February goals. It wasn't already easy! If you'd like to take your personal development journey to the next le...

A student in one of my classes asked me how to tell when you truly believe a new thought. I thought it was such a great question that I wanted to dedicate a podcast episode to answering it! In this episode, I'm sharing how to tell whether you believe in yourself or not and practical things you can do to increase your self-belief (which will help move you into action). If you want my help to stop p...

Perfectionists LOVE feeling productive. And that's because we believe that if we do more, we'll be more. On my own personal development journey, I've had to untangle my worthiness from my productivity levels and learn how to get more done with ease. And in this episode, I'm sharing the practical things I'm currently doing to skyrocket my productivity levels. If you want to learn how to feel more a...

Goal-setting is a powerful personal development tool. It's what allows you to put your hands back on the steering wheel of life and direct it to where you want to go. If you don't take that big, inspiring goal and break it down into achievable daily steps, it's so hard to get anywhere! So in this episode, I'm sharing the simple 7-step process that will help you take your dream and turn it into a r...

If you're so smart why can't you stop procrastinating? That's what I'm answering in this podcast episode! Most procrastination advice teaches you how to manage your desire to procrastinate - but what if you didn't have that desire at all? In this episode, I'm sharing 3 surprising causes of procrastination so that you can increase your self-awareness and really begin to understand why you can't sto...

Anxious thoughts are something that a lot of perfectionists experience. Even though I'm by no means an expert on this topic, I thought it might be helpful to share some of my experience, the way I look at anxious thoughts and the practical things I do to manage those thoughts. Anxiety can be a very serious and challenging experience for many, but in this episode, I want to help you reframe the way...