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