Ep. 56 When “Perfect” Falls Apart. Learning to Heal Through Mistakes

About this episode

Angie Berrett discusses perfectionism as a trauma coping strategy and shares insights on healing through mistakes.

Show Notes: In this powerful episode of Healing Doesn’t Have to Be Heavy, host Angie Berrett explores perfectionism as a trauma coping strategy and what it truly means to become a recovering perfectionist. Drawing from her lived experience as a trauma survivor and registered nurse, Angie breaks down why perfectionism develops, how it creates an illusion of safety, and why it ultimately keeps survivors stuck in shame and self-criticism. Angie vulnerably shares a recent professional mistake tha...

People in this episode

Host: Angie Berrett

Topics covered

• perfectionism
• trauma coping strategy
• self-criticism
• shame
• healing through mistakes
• recovering perfectionist

Keywords

• perfectionism
• trauma
• healing
• mistakes
• self-criticism
• shame
• recovery

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