Healing From Perfection

I have many clients who try to be perfect. They may not realize it at first, but underlying the pain, the suffering, the disappointment about themselves and their lives is often lurking that idea that in order to be liked, loved, cared for...I have to be perfect. 

I get it. I think I used to be that way more than I am now. I think because my Mom was so critical of me and all I did, I tried to be perfect - a good girl - for years. Well bless my Mom...it never helped. Nothing changed with my Mom and I. But it tore me apart. Always striving, trying, working...blah, blah, blah. Many of you will know exactly what I mean.

So how do we go about healing that part of us that so desperately WANTS us to be perfect? Well we drop into that part, sense it, see it...talk to that 'part' of us with tenderness. Often clients will see or sense the small child part of themselves.

How would you treat a hurt small child? With anger and judgement? Well maybe that is what you have been doing but it is not working. Schedule a free consultation with me to talk about this issue: call or text 360-432-1236.