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• Evidence Of My Imperfection

  
  So Much More Than A Mom — Authority: 127
  “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” — Elbert Hubbard   One of my biggest obstacles in life continues to be my fear of making mistakes. When I make a mistake I don’t normally just shake it off. I know everyone makes mistakes and that I am far from ...
  3 days ago

• Under Construction

  
  A Touch of Encouragement — Authority: 118
  As many of us struggle to get it all right, Martha Williamson feels if we recognize were a work in progress, thats when we can really start enjoying the journey. Read this post »
  6 days ago

• Purple Thoughts

  
  daisy yellow — Authority: 131
  "A positive habit or ritual gets you doing your art, not just talking about it." ~ Developing Creative Momentum , Creative Liberty "Dont judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; ...
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• Parenting: Raise Excellent -- Not Perfect -- Children

  
  The Power of Prime — Authority: 106
  Perfectionism is one of the most destructive diseases among American children today. Perfectionism is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword drives children to be perfect. These children push themselves to get straight As, be top athletes, and save the world on weekends. The other edge of the sword is that I have ...
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• Dont Throw it Away

  
  Inspired Path Living — Authority: 124
  Im a big movie fan. I get so much out of the movies I love! Seabiscuit is one of my all time favorites. A true story of a little horse that achieved what appeared to be impossible. It is also a story of three men, broken by life in different ways. The owner, trainer and jockey of Seabiscuit all lived through and ...
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• Higher Education Change Opportunities

  
  Brain Leaders and Learners — Authority: 456
  Written By Ellen Weber, PhD and Robyn McMaster, PhD Higher Education and Brain Based Benefits Challenges of Change Renewal is to the university community today what Renaissance was to the Middle Ages. Both encompass a resurgence of learning. Both tap into more potential from the human brain. To ...
  1 week ago

• 5 Ways to Tackle Perfectionism

  
  World of Psychology — Authority: 605
  This week I have the pleasure of interviewing Michelle Russell, who writes the fantastic blog, “Practice Makes Imperfect.” Since we talk about perfectionism a lot on Beyond Blue — because it’s so related to depression — I thought she’d be a perfect guest to interrogate on this topic. Therese: What ...
  1 week ago

• on releasing it into the wild

  
  walking and falling — Authority: 405
  Avoiding the Piece of Cake today because its so very nearly finished that Im starting to get a little afraid of it. Im really excited about this new book and keen to let it go. Im also questioning it a lot now that its getting too late to change things. Thats bringing up all these issues about when to release my work ...
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• Is Depression Contagious? How I Caught It, and Cured It

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  I took a copy of the October 2009 issue of Psychology Today with me on a recent much-needed vacation, and found myself fascinated by psychologist and fellow PT Blogger Michael Yapko s article, "Secondhand Blues", about the contagious nature of depression. I dedicate a significant portion of my professional work ...
  2 weeks ago

• Many Apply But Few Are Accepted!

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  The best college admission essay, like the best of writing, only works if it is genuine. Good writing is honest and therefore stirs emotions within the reader. Your essay will either speak to the reader or not. As children, we are taught not to listen to our inner voice but to listen to the voices of others. We ...
  2 weeks ago

• Leaving Depression Behind

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Depression is more than that sense of feeling “down” or discouraged at times when things are not going well. Depression involves sadness, pessimism, a preoccupation with personal problems, and perhaps self-pity, anguish, crying, and hopelessness.Symptoms of depression can range from mild versions such as temporary ...
  2 weeks ago

• When Perfect Isnt Good Enough

  
  VIP Virtual Solutions - Virtually taking care of your business... — Authority: 103
  Ive always loved reading and writing, so when I discovered blogging over a year ago I thought it was an obvious perfect fit for me. I started my first blog when I was overseas and there was no shortage of inspiration as I was literally living in another world, so my writing style was long & winding posts filled ...
  2 weeks ago

• Doing "enough to get by" vs. "hard work"

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 646
  When is it actually worth it to attempt to do any better than average? :::A disclaimer::: The nature of my question may frame me as an "underachiever." Not true. I understand the value of hard work and not cutting corners - trying to the best of ones ability to get a job done right. My question has more to do ...
  3 weeks ago

• Business: Why Change is So Hard, and How to Make it Easier

  
  The Power of Prime — Authority: 106
  Change is essential for your growth and development as a person and a business leader. Without change, as the old Texas adage goes, "If all you ever do is all youve ever done, then all youll ever get is all you ever got." Your ability to maximize your performance and productivity depends on your ability to change in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Traumatic Brain Injury — I began to heal when… Part 2 of 4

  
  Second Chance to Live — Authority: 118
  Please read Part 1 , Part 3 and Part 4 for context. Thank you In my desire to grow in my relationship with God I was encouraged to get connected to a body of other believers. As I started developing my relationship with God through my church life I found myself driven by a familiar performance based acceptance. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Perfectionism is Exhausting

  
  Get Your Give On — Authority: 98
  Annie--one of my best SF friends who used to allow me to boss her around at an ad agency where we used to work together--once taught me a good lesson about perfectionism. She spent a day at a fancy time management seminar because I suggested improving her time management skills in her quarterly job performance review. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Predicting depression, anxiety and self-harm in adolescents: The role of perfectionism and acute life stress

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 141
  Predicting depression, anxiety and self-harm in adolescents: The role of perfectionism and acute life stress, Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2009   Rory C O’Connor a   Susan Rasmussen b and Keith Hawton c a Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland FK9 4LA, UK ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mompreneurs And Pink Elephants: Telling The Truth About Our Struggles

  
  The Guilt Free Mom — Authority: 91
  I’ve been interested in talking about those “pink elephants in the living room” (you know, the stuff that people don’t want to talk about but you KNOW is there) since I was a kid. It’s no surprise then that one of my favorite childhood stories was The Emperor’s New Clothes. It thrilled me when, in that ...
  3 weeks ago

• When Crazy Becomes the New Normal

  
  Church Tech Arts Church Tech Arts — Authority: 116
  I had a really good and interesting conversation with my boss last week. We were discussing what it means to run at a sustainable pace. His spiritual director had just asked him what changes he would need to implement in order to be still excited about doing what he’s doing when he is 50. I thought that was an ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lessons Learned This Weekend

  
  Mamma Loves... — Authority: 114
  In the Kitchen You can cook by candlelight as long as the stove, oven and refrigerator arent on the mysterious circuit that blew in the middle of making dinner and refuses to come back on. Two trays of lasagna are put together. One is in the oven, the other is waiting its turn. Im patting myself on the back for ...
  3 weeks ago

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