Perfect is a Cage
About this episode
Leah discusses the detrimental effects of perfectionism on women and shares her personal experiences with self-pressure and panic attacks.
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Unleashed, Leah takes on the obsession with being perfect — and why it’s the very thing keeping women stuck. Through her own story of panic attacks, relentless self-pressure, and a career that looked like success but felt like a cage, Leah unpacks the difference between high standards and perfectionism, why women are especially vulnerable to tying their worth to their output, and how letting people see you before you’re finished is the most powerful thing y...
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Host: Leah Pitzenberger
Topics covered
- perfectionism
- women's empowerment
- mental health
- self-worth
- career pressure
Keywords
- perfection
- women
- self-pressure
- panic attacks
- high standards
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