Rent Overcoming Perfectionism, Revised & Updated: Finding the Key to Balance and Self-Acceptance

Synopsis

EMSTRONGAnything worth doing is worth doing well/STRONG/EM. STRONGEMPractice makes perfect/EM/STRONG. STRONGEMWinning isn't everything, it's the only thing/EM/STRONG. STRONGEMFailure is not an option/EM/STRONG. In today's perfection-obsessed culture, these are the maxims we live by. Yet, the damage that they cause is stifling. Renowned author and pioneer of codependency treatment Ann W. Smith knows this first hand. Smith has dealt with her fair share of perfectionism and has bared witness to this all too common phenomenon in her professional life, having spent the last thirty years studying the impact compulsive disorders have on individuals and family. While perfectionism lacks much of the stigma attached to today's most common compulsions—smoking, gambling, sex addiction, alcoholism, and drug abuse—many of the negative connotations on self and the family system are the same.BR BRPsychological and physical implications include:BRULLIHeadaches LIIsolation LIAnxiety attacks LIFear of failure LISleep disturbances LIDigestive problems LIBack pain LIOvereating LISexual dysfunction LIDepression LISuicidal thoughts or tendencies LIAn inability to establish proper boundaries LIOverly critical of others LIThe need to be in control LIExcessive guilt and shame/LI/ULIn this revised and updated edition of the original, groundbreaking book EMOvercoming Perfectionism: The Key to a Balanced Recovery/EM, Smith describes the key differences between EMovert/EM and EMcovert/EM perfectionism; the role early attachment, temperament, sibling relationships, and life circumstances play in developing this pattern; and how to shift toward a center of balance for a more fulfilling life. BRBRReaders will learn how to identify and confront the root cause of their problem, how to reveal and accept their essence, and finally, they will learn the importance of forgiveness and letting go. Additionally, readers discover the key characteristics of a healthy family system, along with the single most important lesson of all—STRONGEMperfection does not exist/EM/STRONG.BR

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