10. People Pleasing, Perfectionism, and Anti-Racism: How to Show Up with Courage and Fail Forward Questions You'll Wish You Asked

Hey loves,

Welcome to the rebooted Follow Your Fire podcast!

In this episode we’re talking about people pleasing, perfectionism, and how these qualities interface with anti-racism work (or a lack thereof.)

While wanting to be liked and seen as “good” is always a barrier between us and our most truthful selves, it’s downright harmful when it stops us from showing up and doing anti-racism work that is necessary to dismantle the oppressive systems we live in.

In this episode we’ll talk about:

- Why wanting to be liked and approved of comes so naturally
- How people pleasing is actually deceiving others
- How perfectionism can stop us from showing up to life (and anti-racism work)
- How to find the courage to inevitably screw up and fail forward
- How to navigate the uncertainty (“I don’t want to do the wrong thing”) with love
- Journal prompts to help you find your wise (and courageous) inner guide

It’s easy to wait to show up (to life AND anti-racism) until you know how to do things perfectly. But when we stop worrying about pleasing others or being imperfect, we become available to do the real work of changing ourselves and the world.

How can you show up to this moment in time truthfully, imperfectly, and with the willingness to get things wrong?

Tune into today’s episode to begin.

xo,
Melissa


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