Starting Over is Not Failure

By Dr. Jane BluesteinMay 2, 2016April 30, 2022 Counselors, Educators, General Interest, Overcoming obstacles, Parents, Perfectionism, Self-care and Inspiration, Social and Emotional Growth accomplishing goals, accomplishment, adversity, completion, fresh starts, goal-setting, growth, moving forward, new day, optimism, perfectionism, persistence, rebounding, resetting goals, resolutions, setbacks, starting fresh, starting over, trying again Leave a comment

Beginning a new year. Or a new day. Note, May 2, 2016: I started this post on Feb. 8, 2014 and, like many things I started during the time I was working on the perfectionism book, lost track of it before I finished. I think the idea of coming back more than 2 years later…

Writing About Perfectionism

By Dr. Jane BluesteinMay 6, 2013May 4, 2022 Blog, Perfectionism coauthoring, perfection deception, perfectionism, persistence, research, writing a book, writing process 1 Comment

An interesting journey: 2013-2015 A few weeks ago, I was invited to co-author a new edition of a book on perfectionism. I was, at the time, talking with two other friends about doing a leadership book in the Win-Win series sometime this fall, and I was also looking over a collection of notes for a book on recovery…

Perfectionism vs. Healthy Pursuit of Excellence

By Dr. Miriam AdderholdtJanuary 6, 2013June 11, 2022 Counselors, Educators, General Interest, Health and Safety, Parents, Social and Emotional Growth, Students, Taking care of yourself failure, healthy pursuit of excellence, perfectionism, persistence, resiliency, SEL, social and emotional growth 2 Comments

Explaining the difference The following information was excerpted from Perfectionism: What’s Bad About Being Too Good? by Dr. Miriam Renée Adderholdt and reprinted with her permission. Perfectionists reach for impossible goals. Pursuers of Excellence enjoy meeting high standards that are within reach. Perfectionists value themselves by what they do. Pursuers of Excellence value themselves by who they are. Perfectionists…

15 Ways to Live Optimistically

By Dr. Jane BluesteinDecember 3, 2012June 9, 2022 Avoiding burnout, Counselors, Educators, General Interest, Gratitude and inspiration, Increasing Positivity, Parents, Self-care and Inspiration, Social and Emotional Growth, Students, Taking care of yourself encouraging optimism, faith, gratitude, happiness, learned negativity, optimism, persistence, possibilities Leave a comment

Increasing positivity, hope, and optimism in your life and the lives of your loved ones Some of us are wired to be optimistic and cheerful, even in the face of unrelenting challenges and obstacles. Others have to make a conscious effort to focus the positive. Wherever you are on this continuum, here are a few…