• In today's episode, I express the frustrations of perfecting a podcast and creating an associated website without 100% success.

• I talk about what research suggests, that perfectionism can be a response to mental health issues such as ADHD, PTSD, or CPTSD.

• I acknowledge the guilt I feel for not being able to let go of their need for perfection.

• I will share my experience of battling with their inner critic

• I will discuss how hard it is to understand that you are a perfectionist before starting to change your behavior.

• Today's episode, I have identified that I suffer from Imposter Syndrome, which is the condition of feeling anxious and not experiencing success internally despite high performance in external and objective ways.

• I explore the source of my inner critic

• How I use the ‘Burn Book’ from Mean Girls as an example of why I started this podcast in the first place

• And a little shared advice to overcome imposter syndrome: be like Cady Heron and take accountability by recognizing one’s own work and abilities.

• I talk about my inner critic and how perfectionism distracts me from dealing with their underlying issues.

• I feel like they're on needles and that nobody should have to live with this mental space.

• Trying to perfect an outlook took a lot of self-reflection and claiming their own "bullshit."