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The Anxious Perfectionist
- How to Manage Perfectionism-Driven Anxiety Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Narrated by: Erin deWard
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
If you identify as a perfectionist, you may not see your perfectionism as a problem. But striving for unrealistic standards, basing your self-worth on meeting those standards, and engaging in persistent self-criticism will ultimately lead to anxiety, stress, worry, burnout, and unhappiness. So, how can you distinguish between "helpful" and "hurtful" perfectionism and stop holding yourself and others to unrealistically high standards?
Written by two clinical psychologists, The Anxious Perfectionist shines a much-needed light on the hidden costs of "being the best," and offers essential skills based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you cope with the anxiety that is driven by your perfectionism. You'll learn how your "need to be perfect" can actually hinder your productivity, and keep you from reaching your goals. You'll also learn skills to help you gain distance from negative self-talk and criticism, let go of unhelpful and self-limiting labels such as "success" or "failure," and give yourself and others permission to make mistakes while still honoring your high aspirations.
If you're struggling with feelings of anxiety and stress, and suspect your perfectionism may be to blame, this guide will show you how to stop getting in the way of your own success, and live a life guided by your deepest values.
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- Hatty
- 22-07-24
Unparalleled. Thank you.
This book was amazing. It was so so useful. Thank you for the explanations, examples and activities. - Sincerely, a chronically ill PhD student with perfectionist tendencies
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- Co1
- 16-11-22
Really helpful
The title spoke to me, and the book did too. Excellent advice and interesting, thought provoking exercises. Cheaper than therapy!
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- Lauryn
- 23-01-24
A must read/listen!!!
As someone that is definitely perfectionist, I didn’t realise how so many of the struggles within my life are down to perfectionism; from shaming myself comparison, the feeling of not being enough, procrastination and more. This book has changed the way that I think and it is allowing me to free myself from the perfectionist  all or nothing mindset.  I would recommend this 1000%.
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