Dealing with perfectionism and owning your expertise as a psychologist or therapist with Michaela Thomas

Nov 6, 2020 · 45 min · Season 2 · Episode 37 · 65.2 MBExplicit

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Does perfectionism stand in your way? Do you struggle to own your expertise (and charge for your time) because of it? Hear how psychologists and therapists can overcome perfectionism and use a book to accelerate their practice with Michaela Thomas.

Michaela is an experienced Clinical Psychologist, Couples Therapist and founder of The Thomas Connection, as well as a speaker and author of The Lasting Connection, about developing compassion for yourself and your partner. Michaela has a special interest in perfectionism and parental mental health, especially for working mothers trying to balance work with motherhood. Michaela teaches busy ambitious people how to let go of the pressure of perfection and give themselves the permission to pause and unwind, so they can find their passion and purpose, and then move towards joy, vitality and playfulness. Michaela's mantra is 'balance over burnout'.

The highlights

Hear how Michaela got to where she is today and how she partitions her time 00:54
Michaela explains how she came to focusing on perfectionism as her specialism 02:20
How Michaela balances her practice and her passion projects 04:03
Michaela explains how she structures her time to create a sustainable business whilst incorporating boundaries 08:04
Michaela touches on the fact that Psychologists have to take their own advise 10:30
How writing a book has opened doors for Michaela 11:58
Michaela believes that most psychologists are self doubting and self critical 14:57
The truth about how much research Micheala did for her new book 15:24 Michaela’s laser focus on her couples gave her the freedom to write her book 18:36
Here Michaela explains how she surrounded herself with others who supported her through the book writing process 21:00
Discussing outsourcing in order to scale your business and safeguard your wellbeing 23:48
Michaela shines a light on how the current pandemic is going to affect our industry 28:37
Michaela’s tips on making small changes for those perfectionists amongst us 31:06
I share an example of modeling taking time to look after myself 35:57
Pause Purpose Play - listen to Michaela’s driving thoughts when setting up her podcast and facebook community 36:51
How Michaela plans her next passion project and what’s on the plan 39:55
Hear who Michaela would like to hear on my podcast 42:00

Michaela’s Socials:

www.thethomasconnection.co.uk

Insta: www.instagram.com/the_thomas_connection

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thethomasconnection

Twitter: www.twitter.com/thomasconnect

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michaela-thomas

Facebook group: Pause Purpose Play

Podcast: Pause Purpose Play

Book: The Lasting Connection

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