Tag: perfection

Are you abandoning yourself? Here’s how to know (and how to stop)

We often think of abandonment in terms of a physical or emotional separation from another person, an act they do to us. She gave up on me. He left me high and dry. But I’ve recently started thinking about abandonment as something we seem to do to ourselves, too. I see clients do it, and […]

‘She just let go’

If you consider yourself to be a woman with drive, then you’ve likely held onto many goals and milestones throughout your life. Perhaps you’ve clung to the idea of a certain job title, a number in your bank account, a relationship, a family. I know I’ve gripped tightly to many of these things at one […]

Exhausted? Join the club—then leave it.

I recently received an email from a woman that said she was moving from “survival mode” into “purpose mode.” And without having met her, I knew exactly what she meant. We’ve all been there, haven’t we? We’ve been stuck on the proverbial hamster wheel, doing what we can to make it to the end of […]