Perfectionism

Perfectionism

Sessions for loosening the grip of perfectionism, the moving goalpost, the unfinished work, the standard you can finally set down.

Perfectionism is not high standards. It is all-or-nothing scoring, where anything short of flawless files itself as failure. Seeing the scoring error is most of the fix. These sessions practise working well without the impossible tariff. Every session here is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team. Go deeper: Cognitive Distortions: The Lies Your Brain Tells on Repeat.

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Perfectionism

Sessions for loosening the grip of perfectionism, the moving goalpost, the unfinished work, the standard you can finally set down.

9 sessions
Releasing the Standard
10 min Releasing the Standard A meditation for letting go of perfectionism.
Good Enough
Session Good Enough A meditation for the part of you that finishes something and immediately finds fault.
Unfinished and Whole
Session Unfinished and Whole Rest with the things you haven't finished.
Rough Draft
15 min Rough Draft The painter's first layer never disappears, it holds the finished work together from underneath.
Permission to Be Average
14 min Permission to Be Average The belief that you must be exceptional wasn't vanity, it was survival, a logic formed before you had words for it.
Without Rehearsal
16 min Without Rehearsal The mind rehearses conversations that have not yet happened, drafting lines for scenes that may never arrive.
Pale Green Shoot
15 min Pale Green Shoot This perfectionism practice meets the part of you that braces at being seen too early, the first wobble of an attempt, the returning skill that no longer quite fits the hand, the work that has not yet earned its bloom.
The Voice Only You Hear
12 min The Voice Only You Hear Your inner critic does not only speak in words; it carries a temperature, pace and weight all its own. Set aside what it says and notice the coldness, tension or weariness beneath it, perhaps a tone you reserve for yourself alone. Nothing needs to be challenged or softened yet; the first step is simply hearing it clearly.
Whole Without Finishing
13 min Whole Without Finishing A gentle garden metaphor for loosening the need to tie every loose end. Sit with the truth that a life can be whole while rows remain half-weeded, plans unfinished and work still continuing.