M.J. Schwartz explores the best way to meet perfectionism with mindfulness and heal the cultural messages that maintain us striving for unattainable requirements.
On this episode, David and M.J. chat about:
- M.J.’s introduction to mindfulness and meditation
- How mindfulness was integrated into M.J.’s work as a doula and midwife
- Studying the best way to properly cope with perfectionism
- Wholesome striving versus tethering our identification to a sure consequence
- How childhood parentification can result in grownup perfectionism
- Different-oriented perfectionism and criticizing those that don’t meet our expectations
- Choosing up perfectionism from the world round us
- Perfectionism’s function in consuming issues and the obsession with physique measurement in our tradition
- Synchronizing the thoughts and physique
“Different-oriented perfectionism goes hand in glove with self-oriented perfectionism. If a father or mother is hyper-perfectionistic, there’s a likelihood that they’re then very arduous on their kids.“ –M.J. Schwartz
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About M.J. Schwartz:
M.J. Schwartz is the founding father of Studio138 Household Yoga and Mindfulness. Having began training yoga and mindfulness at age twelve, M.J. is enthusiastic about sharing these modalities with households of all levels and configurations. As a father or mother and grandparent themselves, they perceive the nuances of a follow that evolves alongside life’s many modifications.
M.J. holds a B.A. in psychology from Smith Faculty, the place they studied perfectionism with a number one researcher within the discipline, together with certifications in mindfulness, yoga, and Intuitive Consuming. Earlier than returning to highschool in midlife, they labored as a doula, childbirth educator, and midwife, and proceed to show being pregnant and postpartum lessons that mix mindfulness with evidence-based data. Try M.J. on Substack.
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