Perfectionism

Amidst the silence of the thirty Year 9 students concentrating on their individual work, a silence so penetrating that you could hear the lunch ladies readying meals four floors below, the…

The Top Five Lies of Perfectionism,Bonnie Gray - Read more about spiritual life growth, Christian living, and faith.

I know it is cliche to say “been there, done it,” but believe me when I say I talked the talk and walked the walk. Like most of you, my relationship with perfectionism kickstarted in adolescence. It went unnoticed and often welcomed; after all, who would complain of having a teen who gets straight As and doesn’t cause much trouble. I didn’t realize how much my perfectionism would be amplified when I moved to the States two weeks before my 15th birthday. Many years spent fitting in, making…

Society bombards us with instructions to be happier, fitter and richer. Why have we become so dissatisfied with being ordinary?