How can we embrace rest and play if we've tied our self-worth to what we produce?

Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status symbol - that all describes my life. It was more like a medical researcher studying a disease and figuring out he or she has it.

Courage - To tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.

Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?"

Empathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance.

If you can't say it to me in front of my kids, don't say it.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.