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22. Progress Over Perfection: Why Your “All or Nothing” Mindset Is Keeping You Stuck
If you’ve ever quit after missing one workout…
Started over on Monday (again)…
Or decided that 7,000 steps “didn’t count” because it wasn’t 10,000…
This episode is for you.
In this episode, Joan tackles one of the biggest mindset traps midlife women fall into: the all-or-nothing mentality. She explains how perfectionism disguised as “high standards” is actually the thing keeping you stuck in a cycle of starting and stopping.
Joan shares:
Why diet culture trained us to think in extremes
How perfectionism sabotages momentum
What actually creates real, lasting change after 40
Why imperfect…
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