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Right now, women’s expressions of ambition and power seeking are being suppressed by funneling those expressions into the concept of perfectionism, then pathologizing perfectionism ad nauseam; this is one of the most widely propagated implicit drivers of our culture’s sexist agenda. Reinforcing the tempering of women’s expression of power is billed as “finding balance,” an instruction overwhelmingly directed towards women, not men.
The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control
Katherine Morgan Schafler
A goal is not a life—but it may be what gives shape and direction to the way we live each day. If our goals are what we want to accomplish, “meaning” is why we want to accomplish them.
Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski
it is a shame-based disorder.
What It Can Be Like Living With C-PTSD
Annie Tanasugarn, PhD
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