Comments on: Perfectionism scramble (with a side order paradox)

By: And that’s not all I’m good at. So there.

And that’s not all I’m good at. So there. — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:29:29 +0000

[...] highly-regarded, fast-track bound corporate employee. We’ve talked about my people-pleasing perfectionism, right? It appears that I have some kind of Good Girl [...]

By: briana

briana — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:45:59 +0000

@Doniree ~ Yay, a support group – I love it! Except we’re so not giving up this addiction.

@Jenny ~ I totally say go for it. The epiphanies are kind of weird to explain, but I’ll start to notice a pattern in the way I do something or feel about something, and then it unwinds really gently and sometimes I get a glimpse into how the pattern might have started in the first place. Which usually means freedom from the emotional charge. Whoa, kinda like a turnaround now that I think about it. But you just get there in a physical way. One of these days I’ll try to write an epiphany post

@Amy ~ The disarray has been hugely helpful for my own squad of perfectionists (and by helpful I mean often infuriating but ultimately for my own good).

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:02:12 +0000

This is really interesting, learning that getting wrong is actually getting it right. Ugh, that really riffles the feathers of my inner (outer?) perfectionist. I think I’ll be saving up to get the kit very soon. I think I need the disarray.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:21:51 +0000

Briana, I love that you posted about the Dance of Shiva. I’ve heard so many references to it lately. A few weeks ago my yoga teacher added in the arms for 5 minutes of fun. I felt like a child, and my shoulders felt great afterward.

Can you say more about your epiphanies? I’ve been on the edge about buying the package… oh, maybe I’ll just go for it. Though, I’d still love to hear your epiphanies.

Jenny

By: Doniree

Doniree — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:00:19 +0000

I’m so stealing the phrase “epiphany addict,” because I’m EXACTLY the same way. We should start a support group. Except instead of trying to stop behavior, we’d be encouraging action. Hrm… I love this already…