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Episode 029 - The Perfectionism Coin: Why Shame and Control Keep You Reaching for the Bottle
What if everything you’ve been told about discipline is wrong? What if the reason you can’t stick to your creative practice isn’t because you lack willpower, but because your body is protecting you from repeating a pattern it knows will end in shame?
This week’s guest on Clear Conversations understands this paradox intimately. Brian Maierhofer is a somatic therapist who spent years chasing creative dreams—first as an actor, then as a therapist and writer—while battling the substances he turned to when the cycle of hope, effort, and collapse became unbearable. His journey from eating a stick…
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