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While i can rationalize that striving for perfection is merely wanting things to be nice for those. Mar 05, 20 ann smith is among the best in the world at helping people to break lifelong patterns and find balance in their lives. Release the lies, experience the liberation of giving yourself grace, and become who you were meant to be. Overcoming perfectionism download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. In the 1980s, elizabeth tallent was a rising star in the literary world, publishing short stories and books to great acclaim, only to fall silent for the next. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Finding the key to balance and selfacceptance by ann w. Written in a fractured, streamofconsciousness style that weaves in excerpts from books and articles by psychologists, it begins with her birth in 1954 in a suburban washington, d. Written by ann smith ms lmft, audiobook narrated by janis daddona. Striving for perfection becomes a serious problem when it evolves into an addiction. Smith has dealt with her fair share of perfectionism and has bared witness to this all too common. Overcoming perfectionism by ann smith smiths book offers a solid foundation for understanding the roots of perfectionism in the dysfunctional family system and identifying both overt and covert perfectionism. Smith, 9780757317200, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Stymied by perfectionism, scratched author struggles to.
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