Category: Self-Improvement
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Deal with Your Shame
When I discovered that a family friend of mine got into her dream college that is also very prestigious, it was difficult to understand the strange mix of negative emotions I felt. I worried that she would no longer see me, someone a few years her senior and is on the surface a few years…
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Living Life According to Your Internal Values
A few months after college I started seeing a therapist. While many of the exercises I did with her were eye-opening, the most important one was figuring out what my values are. Interestingly, this is a question people would ask of someone they’re considering to be their life partner, yet it’s something I never thought…
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How to Combat Perfectionism
Perfectionism has plagued my life for as long as I’ve had responsibilities. It’s the reason I’ve procrastinated on or at times barely completed any task I found remotely challenging and the reason I’ve felt an acute and enduring sense of shame any time I did not measure up to my arbitrarily high standards, which happens…