PukaUp Podcast: Perfectionism Part 1 & Part 2

Show Notes: Part 1
Perfectionism is something that I have grappled with most of my adult life. Feelings of not being good enough, black and white thinking, obsessive compulsions and comparison have been constant companions for many years.

It's a trap many of us fall into and at times it's hard to unravel these behavioural patterns and adopt a more positive approach.

Shelley Laslett is a neuroscience coach, social scientist, international speaker and also has a lived experience with perfectionism.

In the first of two parts, Shelley discusses that we don't ever stop being a perfectionist, but you can learn how to handle the negative elements of it and adapt them to become more positive, how any strengths overplayed can become a weakness, awareness is the key with any form of understanding self, the difference between adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism and how the people younger than 35 feel that perfectionism is engrained in their identity.

Show Notes & Podcast Link: Perfectionism Part 2

Part 2 of the conversation with Shelley Laslett, begins with me thanking her for the gentle nudge I needed to make a commitment to my wellbeing again and start seeing a psychologist again. Thank you Shelley!!!

In this episode we discuss the signs of perfectionism including criticising ourselves, why its important to allow ourselves time to celebrate our achievements and how we can move from maladaptive to adaptive perfectionism if we take out the word failure and simply put in the words not yet.

Shelley also shares some practical and timely quotes including how our boundaries are the fences to your freedom, we can't lead anybody if we're not willing to lead ourselves, if we change the way we look at things things change and if your best friend wouldn't; say it to you don't say it to yourself.