Posts in self-help
Help! I'm a perfectionist at work. What's a totally perfect way to cope?

Do you agonize over every detail in a slide deck? Spend 20 minutes composing a one-paragraph email? Perfectionism at work can be stressful and distracting. Even worse, it can cause you to hate your job. In this post we’ll identify where your perfectionism likely comes from, how to recognize when it shows up, and how to release yourself from its grip. Ironically, by getting out of your own way, you’ll get more of what you’re looking for.

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How to find direction in life: 10 essential tasks.

So many of us feel stuck. While we may instinctively sense that we’re in the wrong career, wrong relationship, wrong place, wrong habits, etc., it may just be a vague feeling that something’s not right . . . Drawing upon my work with clients who’ve embarked upon similar journeys, I’ve here to offer some tasks to help get the creative juices flowing, to get you thinking, and to (hopefully) inspire you.

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Your phone is your new parent.

Our smartphones now serve many of the same functions that a parent serves. But we may be training ourselves to rely on something outside of ourselves. What happens when that external object is not available? When you only have one bar of service? When the likes don’t come in fast enough? In this post, we’ll discuss how to bring yourself instant relief, every time you’re feeling meh.

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