The Antidote to Perfectionism
Episode 18: Biz Cush on Parts Work & Self-compassion
Are you really taking care of yourself? In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast, Elizabeth Cush talks about self-compassion and self-care as antidotes to critical self-talk.
“Our inner critic and perfectionist parts interplay in such dramatic ways that sometimes we don’t even recognize what’s happening.”
Show Notes:
Does your inner critic point out all the reasons why you shouldn’t do something? Does your perfectionist chime in in agreement? If so, you may find yourself missing out—or pushing yourself harder and harder. Ultimately you wind up feeling unfulfilled and/or overwhelmed. Many women struggle with their perfectionism and their inner critic. They find it hard to take care of themselves—or even to be kind to themselves. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be that way. In this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, host Biz Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., and a mid-life women’s life coach, looks at the inner critic, perfectionism and lack of self-care through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS), otherwise known as “parts work.” She explains the role of each and shares insights from her own personal journey and explains how you can use a practice of self-compassion to calm those parts and create a better relationship with yourself.
Listen and learn:
What the inner critic is, what it’s trying to do and why we can’t just tell it to be quiet.
How a loud self-critical part can trigger our perfectionism.
Different ways that perfectionism can drive our decisions and cause us stress
Why we’re afraid to make mistakes
How our inner critic keeps us from taking care of ourselves
Why self-care can be harder for highly sensitive persons (HSPs)
What self-care looks like (and it’s not as out of reach as a spa day)
How and why self-compassion works—and what it could look like in your life
How you can find out whether you’re highly sensitive person
Learn more:
Are you a highly sensitive person (HSP)? Take the quiz.
Guided meditations from Progression Counseling
Other episodes you might enjoy
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