One of the hardest parts about perfectionism is that it can mess with your feelings of self worth. In this episode, Janine and Shannon discuss how your value as a person has nothing to do with how perfectly you do things.

Discussion topics include:

• Early spring in Portland and St. Louis!

• One of the difficult things about perfectionism: Feeling bad about not being able to be perfect

• How some people can really beat themselves up over imperfection

• How hard it is to get over this when you're caught up in it

• The valuable message from KC Davis of Struggle Care

• How a messy house is value neutral

• Starting to consider the possibility that your struggles don't make you a bad person

• How your worth doesn't change based on how perfectly you do things

• How recognizing that your actions don't define you can calm down your nervous system

• The debilitating effect of letting perfectionism dictate your self worth

• How things can be organized and still a little messy

• Thinking of yourself as a good person independent of the state of things around you or your unfinished task list

• Entertaining the idea that it's okay to be imperfect

• The heart of our podcast: We want people to feel good about themselves and be okay with however they are