Perfectionist Fantasies After Divorce And How To Break Them
About this episode
This episode explores how perfectionist fantasies and tomorrow thinking can hinder healing after divorce.
Perfectionist fantasies of what tomorrow will bring during divorce can feel useful - like we're moving toward something. Your brain whispers, “Once the decree is signed, once the schedule is set, once the kids adjust, once I heal, then I’ll finally feel calm.” But what if that promise is the very thing keeping you stuck? In this episode I dig into two sneaky patterns that show up during and after divorce: perfectionist fantasies and tomorrow thinking. Perfectionism doesn’t always look like s...
People in this episode
Host: Karin Nelson
Topics covered
- divorce
- perfectionism
- mental health
- self-improvement
- emotional healing
Keywords
- perfectionism
- divorce
- mental health
- healing
- self-improvement
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