How to Overcome Perfectionism

Published: Sept. 17, 2019, 12:08 p.m.

Do you ever feel like your high standards leave you feeling stressed?\xa0 That your ambition causes you to beat yourself up for not being good enough or for achieving enough. Do you struggle to relax and switch off?\xa0

If so, you might suffer with perfectionism.\xa0 It\u2019s a common trait in ambitious and achievement orientated women.\xa0 It can leave us holding ourselves to impossibly high standards and it can actually get in the way of us succeeding and negatively impact our relationships, work and health.

Michaela Thomas is an expert on perfectionism and is here to help you if you suffer from it.\xa0 Michaela is a senior clinical psychologist and a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Psychotherapist.\xa0 She has a huge amount of experience in supporting people, particularly working mums, with perfectionism.