Asking for help as a Perfectionist

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08/29/21 • 19 min

I am discussing how to ask for help as a perfectionist and why being vulnerable can actually get you to achieve your success.
In this episode I discuss:

Childhood and societal messages absorbed that influence our thinking
Why being vulnerable and asking for help gets you success
How to ask for help and loosen control
How to sit the uncomfortableness of asking for help

Show notes and the transcript can be found here: https://michellekevill.com/askingforhelp

I am discussing how to ask for help as a perfectionist and why being vulnerable can actually get you to achieve your success.
In this episode I discuss:

Childhood and societal messages absorbed that influence our thinking
Why being vulnerable and asking for help gets you success
How to ask for help and loosen control
How to sit the uncomfortableness of asking for help

Show notes and the transcript can be found here: https://michellekevill.com/askingforhelp

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Show notes and the transcript can be found here: https://michellekevill.com/selfimprovement

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Show notes and the transcript can be found here: https://michellekevill.com/selfcompassion

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Transcript

[00:00:00] Hi, everyone, how are you today? I hope you're well, and if you're not, at least you are here. So when I am recording this, it is actually towards the end of June and New South Wales has just gone into another lock down. So it is a bit it's a bit crazy on my end right now, but we're still moving forward. And in some other exciting news, I have actually pushed one of my goals, which I talk about really early on in my podcast. My impossible goal was to do the life coach school certifi