July 28, 2019

95: On Perfectionism, Bird by Bird

34 minutes

What if we dropped our self-imposed demands for perfection (in ourselves particularly) and instead saw that the one gift we really have to bring is our own aliveness and creativity? And what would happen if we really allowed ourselves to feel, taste and act on what calls us? A conversation about letting go, taking on, fiercely resisting the forces of perfectionism, and bringing ourselves fully to this one life, with Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.

Here’s Episode 95 of Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. We’re also on YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google and Spotify

It's so easy for us to bury our aliveness under a suffocating layer of self-criticism and perfectionism, and it can be hard for us to work with because so many of us live in a narrative that to be a human is to be 'efficient' rather than 'alive'. But what if we caught on to how short time is, and how quickly life goes, and the possibility that the one gift we really have to bring is our own aliveness and creativity? And what would happen if we really allowed ourselves to feel, taste and act on what calls us?

Join us for a conversation about letting go, taking on, fiercely resisting the forces of perfectionism, and bringing ourselves fully to this one life, which springs out of a wonderful piece by Anne Lamott which you can find here.

Photo by Jonah Pettrich on Unsplash

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