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Ep 354: 5 Life-Changing Lessons About Perfectionism From Brené Brown (best of the podcast)

The Perfectionism Project

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Foreboding Joy Is the Most Vulnerable Emotion There Is

Most of us are not very good at actually feeling it and sinking into it. It feels like if i experience that true, pure joy fully, then i'm going to feel devastated when it gets taken away. And even if we've worried, it doesn't actually make that outcome we were worrying about feel any better. We want everything to be perfect and to look perfect so that other people will like us. But striving for perfection makes us hide our true selves because we are not perfect. This denies us of the connection we want to have with other people.

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