Overcoming this type of perfectionism doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your hard work and ambition. In this article I’m going to help you understand what underlying fears are fueling your perfectionism and what you can do to address those fears.

Why do so many ambitious people get burned out? Because there’s a difference between being good at handling stress and being good at recovering from it. That’s why in this article, I’d like to explore a topic that has been gaining a little traction in recent years - called the stress cycle.

Talking about the challenges of growing up in a successful family can feel incredibly difficult because on paper, things look like they should have been great. But the truth is, privilege and struggle can coexist. So as someone who is both a therapist and also someone grew up in this type of environment, I’d like to shed a bit of light on some of these.

When success starts to feel like survival, ambition can become exhausting. Learn how performance pressure can affect your life and what you can do to start living a more balanced life.