Do You Have Unrelenting Standards? | 'ask dorothy' | The WISDOM podcast | S5 E137

Do You Have Unrelenting Standards? | 'ask dorothy' | The WISDOM podcast | S5 E137

From The WISDOM Podcast with Dorothy Zennuriye Juno by The Wisdom Podcast

April 7, 2026 · 20 min · Episode 495

About this episode

This episode discusses unrelenting standards as a maladaptive schema and offers tools for self-reprogramming with kindness and self-compassion.

Do You Have Unrelenting Standards? 'ask dorothy' The WISDOM podcast Season 5 Episode 137 ~ Unrelenting standards are an early maladaptive schema—a deeply ingrained belief system—characterized by the relentless pursuit of excessively high, perfectionistic standards to avoid criticism. This often results in chronic stress, burnout, and hypercriticalness toward oneself and others, prioritizing performance over pleasure, health, and relationships. In this Episode: We'll discuss the key characteristics and behaviors associated with having unrelenting standards. You'll understand the orgins and impact of this maladaptive schema on your life. I'll share helpful, concrete tools for getting starting ~ in reprogramming yourself with kindness, self-compassion and through a lens of evidence-based CBT strategies for rewriting your core schema. ~ Are you interested in learning if you hold maladaptive schemas? The Maladaptive Schema Scale (MSS) is a 108-item tool that assesses maladaptive patterns of thoughts, behaviours and emotions. Complete an online self-assessment here. If you would like me to send you the assessment tool that I use with clients (and I would be happy to score it for you)…

People in this episode

Host: Dorothy Zennuriye Juno

Topics covered

  • unrelenting standards
  • maladaptive schema
  • self-compassion
  • CBT strategies
  • mental health

Keywords

  • perfectionism
  • chronic stress
  • burnout
  • self-assessment
  • mental health

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Organizations: The WISDOM podcast

Products: Maladaptive Schema Scale (MSS)

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