Perfectionism

As the heat from my sore throat seized my bloodstream, all I wanted to do was take an egg out of the refrigerator and smash it in the kitchen sink. I didn’t need a positive test to prove it; I knew that I had COVID-19. This week, BuzzFeed released Former…

You know when you feel like you’ve hit that low? That point when you have ruminated to the point where you can ruminate no longer? I’m here. Or there. Or I suppose I’ve arrived. Or I arrived awhile ago and now I’ve really settled in. …

Do you consider yourself to be a creative person? When I ask this question, people immediately think of creativity in the arts, so they answer with something like, “Yes, I’m a musician and songwriter,” or, “Nope, I don’t have a creative bone in my body!” In response to the second…

We have not done a great… or rather, good enough… job of creating a society of secure, grounded adolescents and young adults. Time and time again, in my experience as a psychologist, I have encountered young and not-so-young adults struggling to make sense of themselves and their place in the…

Hello there. I am glad you’re here. You are struggling with an OCPD spouse who is driving you crazy. You want to be carefree and spontaneous. But at home you are faced with demands, critiquing and rigidity. …

Perfection is not just about control. It’s also about letting go. With the world changing into a place where everybody is successful, being better is not enough. Before the enlightenment era that was the internet, one could gain success quite easily, however today; everybody speaks two languages, everybody has a…