Is There a Middle Ground Between Excellence Taking and Failure Avoiding?

High expectations for performance in both life and work are common, but what do you do when you get stuck and you’re not able to achieve the results you desire? In this episode, Mireille and Adam talk through the different aspects of perfectionism and ways in which is can be adaptive and helpful and other ways in which it poses additional challenges. What happens when we avoid the possibility of failure as opposed to simply having high standards for our performance? How can we begin to focus on healthy striving as opposed to reaching for perfection?

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Featuring:

• Mireille Reece, PsyD – LinkedIn
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• What is perfectionism?
• 4 destructive traits of perfectionism, from Dr. Brené Brown
• Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS)
• Perfectionism, Health, and Well-Being (book)

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!