Where does professionalism end and where does perfectionism begin? I believe the word perfectionism is just another fancy word for professionalism. You often feel like you have to do everything perfectly in order to achieve success in your life and business. You want to be the perfect human, have the perfect business, never make a mistake that when you do you are so ashamed of yourself. But your relentless pursuit of excellence and your obsession for perfectionism is what is causing you unnecessary anxiety, slowing you down, and is standing in the way of success.

Today on The Dream Big, Live Slow, I want to get real with you. I want to take an honest look at how addiction to perfectionism is causing suffering in your life and in your business. This has been so true for me and it's my hope that by showing you how to use the power of compassion as a way to combat your perfectionism, you can start alleviating that anxiety and stress so you can start living your best life.

In this episode you'll discover:

- How perfectionism can show up in your personal life, in your business, and in your mindfulness journey and how it can create a lot of anxiety

- My own personal experience with perfectionism and what I'm doing to overcome the suffering it has caused me

- How you can stop clinging onto the belief to the obsessive pursuit of perfection and use the powerful tool of compassion to combat it

- Why you need to stop seeing your mistakes as a failure. Instead, switching your mindset to love and seeing what lesson you have gained from the experience

- The deeper meaning behind compassion and how we are all connected in our imperfections and in our humanness

- My guided meditation for you this week is to help you break the habit of self-judgment, loosen up and let go. Allowing you to find peace, despite missteps and stumbles along the way. It will teach you self-compassion so you can forgive yourself for making mistakes and know that it is ok.

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DREAM BIG, LIVE SLOW SHOWNOTES: https://www.tialorae.com/blog/perfectionism-doesnt-equal-professional-success

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