How to be enough self-acceptance for self-critics and perfectionists
"Are you your own toughest critic? Learn to be good to yourself with this clear and compassionate guide. Do you set demanding standards for yourself? If so, a lot likely goes well in your life: You might earn compliments, admiration, or accomplishments. Your high standards and hard work pay off. But...
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New York :
St. Martin's Essentials,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Introducing perfectionism. How we see ourselves
- The many salads of perfectionism
- The beginnings of things
- Part 2. The seven shifts. Shift 1: From (self-)criticism to kindness
- Beyond the inner critic
- The outer critics: us and them
- Shift 2: Coming home to your life
- From labels to values
- Our forgotten baskets
- Shift 3: From rules to flexibility
- Rewriting the inner rulebook
- Why we turn fun into a chore
- Shift 4: Mistakes: from holding on to letting go
- From "Failure" to the human condition: releasing past mistakes
- From exam to experiment: compassion for future mistakes
- Shift 5: From procrastination to productivity
- It's not about time management
- Shift 6: From comparison to contentment
- Hardwired but not Haywire
- Shift 7: From control to authenticity
- Rolling back emotional perfectionism: being real on the inside
- Rolling back perfectionistic self-oresentation: being real on the outside
- Epilogue: Self-acceptance for self-critics
