Personal Development

Dear Lori,

In this mid-month, mini newsletter, we will explore one of the 8 major areas of the Wheel of Life. This month we will focus on Personal Development.

If you have perfectionistic tendencies, you probably feel that no matter how hard you try, it is never good enough. Maybe you spend too much time getting things "right" in order to avoid criticism. No doubt you probably have very high expectations of yourself and others. As psychologist and researcher Monica Ramirez Basco explains, "uncontrolled perfectionism can lead to depression, low self- esteem, fear of failure and broken marriages and friendships."

Who you are is good enough right now. You don't have to achieve some level of success or be some vision of another person to be lovable and worthy of acceptance. This doesn't mean you can't grow as an individual. It merely means that you don't need to place conditions on your self-worth. You and everyone else is worthy of unconditional love.

This month work on accepting the strengths and weaknesses in yourself and others.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly,

Lori Radun, CEC