The Perfectionist’s Guide to Losing Control

ByKatherine Morgan Schafler

From psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler, an invitation to every recovering perfectionist to challenge the way they look at perfectionism, and the way they look at themselves.

Weve been looking at perfectionism all wrong. As psychotherapist and former on-site therapist at Google Katherine Morgan Schafler argues inThe Perfectionists Guide to Losing Control, you dont have to stop being a perfectionist to be healthy. For women who are sick of being given the generic advice to find balance, a new approach has arrived.

Which of the five types of perfectionist are you? Classic, intense, Parisian, messy, or procrastinator? As you identify your unique perfectionist profile, youll learn how to manage each form of perfectionism to workforyou, not against you. Beyond managing it, youll learn how to embrace and even enjoy your perfectionism.Yes, enjoy!

Full of stories and brimming with humor, empathy, and depth, this book is a love letter to the ambitious, high achieving, full-of-life clients who filled the authors private practice, and who changed her life. Its a clarion call for all women to dare to want more without feeling greedy or ungrateful. Ultimately, this book will show you how to make the single greatest trade youll ever make in your life, which is to exchange superficial control for real power.

Hardcover

352pages