Your Relationships Are Keeping You Fat – a Ms. New Booty Fitness Podcast

Perfectionism & Nervous System Safety: Why High Standards Disrupt Motivation, Consistency, and Adherence— Ep. 10

Darla McCarty Season 1 Episode 10

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Perfectionism isn’t just about high standards — it’s a nervous system strategy designed to avoid criticism, failure, and uncertainty.

In this episode of Your Relationships Are Keeping You Fat, Darla explores how perfectionism fuels all-or-nothing thinking, disrupts motivation, and creates start-stop cycles in health and fitness.

You’ll learn:

• Why perfectionism activates the nervous system
 • How all-or-nothing thinking destabilizes adherence
 • The difference between excellence and fear-based pressure
 • How high-achieving women can pursue goals without burning out

Because lasting change doesn’t come from intensity.

It comes from safety.

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