Selected for USA Today's Best Books of 2023Selected as Editor's Pick in Amazon's Best Books of
2023 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. We’ve been looking at perfectionism all wrong. As psychotherapist and former
on-site therapist at Google Katherine Morgan Schafler argues in The Perfectionist's Guide to
Losing Control you don’t 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 you'll learn how to manage each form of
perfectionism to work for you not against you. Beyond managing it you'll 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 author’s private practice and who changed her life. It’s 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 you’ll ever make in your life which is to
exchange superficial control for real power.
