Perfectionism is often at the center of a host of ills, said clinical psychologist, professor and author Dr. Ellen Hendriksen. (CNN) — The start of the year can be exhausting: After running yourself ...

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Unhealthy perfectionism's preoccupation with infinitely increasing status and security misses the ingredient that makes ...

You’re probably under pressure at work. Work keeps getting faster, more urgent, and more demanding. And it’s natural to want to do your best. But striving to be perfect can wreak havoc on your mental ...

Of course, we’re all shackled by perfectionism to some extent. Those last three statements were pulled from my own perfectionistic self-talk. In a world of carefully crafted profiles and photoshopped ...

Randi Braun of Something Major is the Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author of Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work. “And I’m telling you, nobody made that Taco Bell bathroom sparkle ...

ATLANTA - The drive to be the best at everything we do, meaning not just good, but perfect, may sound like a positive trait, at least on the surface. It means we have high standards, and a drive for ...

You might think your perfectionist streak is a reflection of your ambition. Mental health author Morra Aarons-Mele disagrees. "Perfectionism is anxiety," Aarons-Mele, host of "The Anxious Achiever" ...

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I have been a slave to perfectionism for as long as I can remember. I have a clear memory of being 8 years old and fighting battles against my very own perfectionist demons: It was Christmas time and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Perfectionism can be both obvious and hidden. Here are the different ways it may show up in your life. mother image via Getty ...

Employees want to do their best, but those efforts could actually backfire if that tips into a need to be perfect. Processing Content "There's a difference between doing a good job and pushing that ...