The Role of Self-Deception in Perfectionism
There is sometimes a certain self-deception in perfectionism which can tragically rob us of more...
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: Obsessive-Compulsive and Archetypal Symbol of Transformation
Imagine that Ebenezer Scrooge, the curmudgeonly, compulsive money hoarder and eventual hero of Charles Dickens’...
Transforming Anger Addiction: How to Use Political Anger Constructively
Right now lots of folks are feeling lots of anger at the ways politics are...
Darth Vader, The Need for Control, and The Goddess That’s Become a Disease
Carl Jung famously wrote that the gods have become diseases. What he meant was that...
In Praise of Healthy Perfectionism
I recently came across a post by a therapist who’s written a book encouraging her...
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