The Role of Self-Deception in Perfectionism
In a previous post I sang the praises of healthy perfectionism and described how we...
Art Culture
4 Tools to Help Obsessives Move Past Creative Blocks
How do I move past creative blocks? Many people get stuck and aren’t able to...
Disney’s Encanto: Recalling The Intent of Perfectionism
Let’s take a break from formal clinical studies and approach the subject of compulsive perfectionism...
5 Reasons to Read Fredrik Backman’s Novel “Britt-Marie Was Here”
Britt-Marie Was Here. So what? What difference does it make if a 63-year-old divorced woman...
8 Lessons for Compulsives & Perfectionists from NBC’s The Good Place
The television series The Good Place has lots of wisdom to offer compulsives and perfectionists....
The Lifespan of a Fact: A Play About Truth and Missing the Point
I just got back from seeing the play, The Lifespan of a Fact. I keep...
Carl Jung Analyzes Ebenezer Scrooge: Archetypal Obsessive-Compulsive and Symbol of Transformation
Ebenezer Scrooge, the curmudgeonly, compulsive money hoarder and eventual hero of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas...
Transforming Anger Addiction: How to Use Political Anger Constructively
Right now lots of folks are feeling lots of anger at the ways politics are...
In Praise of Healthy Perfectionism
I recently came across a post by a therapist who’s written a book encouraging her...
Film Review: A Man Called Ove: The Beauty and Tragedy of the Compulsive Personality
Ove is simultaneously endearing and enraging, but still realistic, a compelling example of the beauty and tragedy of the compulsive personality. Sometimes we can see ourselves more clearly by seeing our tendencies in someone else first. Backman’s Ove offers us this opportunity.
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Healthy Compulsive Book
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