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Perfectionism and Addiction Are More Connected Than You Think — Here's How Chris Janssen Breaks the Cycle
Perfectionism and addiction look like opposites — one is about control, the other about losing it. But Chris Janssen has spent her career working at the precise intersection where they meet — and what she has found is that for high-achievers the two are almost always feeding each other. The relentless pursuit of perfect creates the shame spiral that drives the addictive behavior, and the addictive behavior creates more imperfection to be ashamed of. It is a cycle that standard advice about either issue almost never addresses because it treats them separately. What she shares with Stacey…
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