Entrepreneurs UNstuck with Kathryn Ely

Labels help us make sense of the world when we are young and we need them to put everything into context to understand it. But if as adults we cling tightly to these labels, we ignore the complexity of human beings. Human beings are beautifully complex creatures, each one different from the next. So while […]

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Have you ever wanted to work from home but just didn't know exactly what you could do? On this week's Imperfect Thriving episode, Kathryn speaks with Kathy Goughenour, who built a 6-figure business and teaches professional women how they could do the same as a virtual assistant. Meet Kathy Goughenour After finding the courage to […]

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Do you ever feel overwhelmed by social media? Have you looked at social media as a way to be more fulfilled in your friends and community domain?  How do you know who and what to pay attention to? In this episode Kathryn speaks with Andréa Jones, the host of the Savvy Social Podcast, creator of […]

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Have you ever wanted to work with a designer to decorate your home but did not know where to start? Maybe you are thinking about your first home and don't know what factors to consider to make your best decision? Or you need to down size, edit, or declutter your surroundings, and don't know how? […]

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So far we have worked on some very important steps to make the shift from perfectionist- high stress  with unrealistic expectations that create a fear of failure to realistic expectations or better yet no expectations and process focused.  We want to add in the last piece of the puzzle today….that piece that is so hard […]

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Are you stuck? Have you ever noticed how being a perfectionist keeps you stuck? You have thoughts of "I must be able to do xyz before I can get started". Or I must know more about this before I can do that". Then you look up months down the road and something you meant to […]

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The energy behind perfectionism is the desire to avoid failure. You can avoid perfectionism by lowering the bar, by lowering your expectations to a reasonable level.  But I am going to propose something different.  What if we took this one step further? Instead of lowering the bar, let's get rid of it all together. Change […]

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Perfectionism makes life like an endless report card. It can be fast track to unhappiness Extreme side- more focused on avoiding failure. If you are somewhere on the spectrum of perfectionism it is not only affecting how you look at yourself, it is affecting your relationships. Excellence v. Perfectionism A desire to achieve is healthy. But […]

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Are you a perfectionist?? A. You might be thinking, I don't have to have everything in my life just so, so I am not a perfectionist. My house is a mess. My closet is a mess. I am not a perfectionist. Definition: Perfectionism is the combination of setting high performance standards accompanied by critical self-evaluation. […]

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What is fear costing you? What opportunities have you missed out on, that you wanted to do, but didn't, because of fear?  In this podcast episode, Kathryn Ely talks to Kristen Ulmer, a thought leader on fear and anxiety who seeks to radically challenge existing norms around the subject of this deeply misunderstood emotion. Meet […]

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