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Perfectionism, People-Pleasing, and Overthinking: Where "High Standards" Really Come From
You call it high standards. You call it being thorough. But if a small decision takes you three days — the lists, the tabs, asking everyone's opinion before you trust your own — that's not careful. That's an abandonment wound running the show.
In this episode, I break down why perfectionism, people-pleasing, and chronic overthinking aren't personality traits — they're survival strategies a little girl built the moment she learned that getting it wrong made the warmth leave the room. I'll show you how other people's scorecards became the one in your own hand, why you became the harshest scorer…
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