To Overachievers & Perfectionists
Some people with high standards and morals struggle with being a sort of tyrant towards themselves.
I listened to a video by a psychotherapist about eating disorders. She said the following which I think is very applicable and appropriate for such people who just won’t give themselves a break:
“[My work has been] on my relationship with myself and self-acceptance. That came from not a, 'I'm good enough.'
It actually came from, 'Maybe there's part of me that's never going to feel good enough. Maybe I'm always going to feel like I'm never quite reaching my potential and that's okay.'
I don't have to tell myself, 'I'm doing my best I can.'
I tell myself, 'Sometimes maybe I'm not doing my best and that's okay.'
I think so many of us are in that trap where we feel like there is a better version of ourselves just around the corner that we're trying to get to.
'When I've done this, when I'm more like this...then I'll feel okay about myself.'
[Instead,] I think there's something to embracing the flaws and the messiness of even having to be a human being on this planet."
I especially love Sarah’s last statement:
Embrace the flaws and the messiness of just having to be a human being on this planet
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