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Workshop Moment That Changed Her Career
- Jennifer Kemp discovered her lifelong struggle with perfectionism after a workshop on perfectionism triggered a strong emotional response.
- That realization led her to focus her thesis and clinical work on treating perfectionism for over a decade.
When Perfectionism Turns Harmful
- Perfectionism is helpful when it drives flexible striving toward important goals but becomes harmful when driven by fear of failure.
- Harmful perfectionism shows rigid rules, excessive self-criticism, avoidance, and can slide toward OCD-like patterns.
Perfectionism Fuels Burnout And Disconnection
- Perfectionism contributes to burnout by adding extra time and emotional cost to tasks and disconnecting people from valued activities.
- It can both drive overwork and cause paralysis that prevents engagement in meaningful life domains.