I felt too seen. Um, dragged.

Rachel tells NK about the pain of her perfectionism, then NK talks to somatics practitioner B. Stepp and artist Yumi Sakugawa about rewriting internal narratives of shame and punishment. Transcript WITH: + B. Stepp: www.haveheartsomatics.com  + Yumi Sakugawa: @yumisakugawa   AND INFORMED BY:   The dangerous downsides of perfectionism - BBC   “Multidimensional Perfectionism And DSM-5 Personality Traits” by Joachim Stoeber   Contemplating the Infinite with Annie Dillard - Literary Hub   Silent All These Years: On Annie Dillard - The Millions   Annie Dillard on Creativity and What It Takes to Be a Writer - The Marginalian    Generative Somatics   Want to Fix Your Mind? Let Your Body Talk. - The New York Times   What Your Body Has to Do With Social Change - YES! Magazine    Brené Brown: Can We Gain Strength From Shame? - NPR    The Hidden Stress of Growing Up a Child of Immigrants - VICE    How to Be Less Self-Critical When Perfectionism Is a Trap - The New York Times   I Finally Accepted Nothing Can Be Perfect - VICE    Yumi Sakugawa on shame, hiding, paralysis, and making bad art.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.