Do you struggle with feeling like nothing you do is ever quite good enough? Do you find that doing something 99% correct still feels like a failure? If so, you might be a perfectionist, and you are not alone. The good news is that we can challenge that tendency in a variety of ways, and it is truly possible to become someone who strives for “excellence, not perfection.” I recently contributed to an article, How to Overcome Perfectionism: 21 Tips to Success, for ChoosingTherapy.com. In addition to my contribution, you’ll find lots of additional useful ideas for taming those unrelenting standards.
Tara McGrath, M.F.T.
Licensed Therapist in California and Florida
