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• ISBN: 9781250291875
• ISBN: 1250291879
• Physical Description: viii, 309 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
• Edition: First edition: 2025.
• Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Essentials, 2025.
• Copyright: ©2024
• Bibliography, etc.: Includes bibliographical references.
• Formatted Contents: Part 1. Introducing perfectionism. How we see ourselves -- The many salads of perfectionism -- The beginnings of things -- Part 2. The seven shifts. Shift 1: From (self-)criticism to kindness -- Beyond the inner critic -- The outer critics: us and them -- Shift 2: Coming home to your life -- From labels to values -- Our forgotten baskets -- Shift 3: From rules to flexibility -- Rewriting the inner rulebook -- Why we turn fun into a chore -- Shift 4: Mistakes: from holding on to letting go -- From "Failure" to the human condition: releasing past mistakes -- From exam to experiment: compassion for future mistakes -- Shift 5: From procrastination to productivity -- It's not about time management -- Shift 6: From comparison to contentment -- Hardwired but not Haywire -- Shift 7: From control to authenticity -- Rolling back emotional perfectionism: being real on the inside -- Rolling back perfectionistic self-presentation: being real on the outside -- Epilogue: Self-acceptance for self-critics.

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