Have you ever completed something you knew you did well… and still found yourself fixating on the one small thing that wasn't perfect?

Maybe it was a test, a presentation, a project, or even a conversation. Everything went well overall, but your mind keeps coming back to that one moment that "should have been better."

And somehow, despite everything you did do well… it doesn't quite feel like enough.

In this episode of Unwind Your Mind, I unpack a subtle but powerful layer of perfectionism that often goes unnoticed, the shift from needing to exceed expectations… to believing that anything less than 100% isn't acceptable.

Through a real moment from a recent training workshop, I explore how these patterns can still be sitting underneath the surface, even after we've done a lot of work on ourselves, and how emotional reactions can reveal the beliefs we didn't realise we were still holding onto.

If you've ever felt frustrated with yourself over something minor, or found it hard to fully acknowledge your progress because your focus keeps returning to what wasn't perfect, this episode will help you see those moments differently.

HERE ARE 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

1️⃣ High standards can turn into rigid expectations. When "doing well" becomes "it has to be perfect," even small gaps can feel disproportionately big.

2️⃣ Your emotional reactions are not random, they are clues. Moments of frustration or disappointment can point to underlying beliefs that are ready to be understood and shifted.

3️⃣ There is a difference between what happened and what you make it mean. When you separate the situation from the story you attach to it, you create space to learn, rather than judge.

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