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Jun 2023
45m 35s

#166: Perfectionism and Nervous System R...

Mary Jelkovsky
About this episode
This one is for our fellow perfectionists. Those of us who were raised as girls and women, know how easy it is to fall into perfectionism, constantly equating our worth with how “perfect” we can appear to be. This is Part 2 of our conversation with Somatic Life Coach María-Victoria Albina who will help us break through these perfectionistic thinking and recl ... Show More
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