Ep 61. Overachieving, perfectionism and living life juicy with Mandy Lehto

Mandy Lehto PhD is a brilliant coach, speaker, writer, and champion of high achievers eager to trade the hustle for something more sane – and satisfying. Her work blends academic research with intuitive, heartfelt guidance. We discuss:-How we use achievement to buy enoughness-Overcoming over-achieving -Why perfectionism can be used as an ‘escape' from anxiety -Mandy shares her favourite practical tools for more calm and confidence -Living life more juicyFind Mandy Lehto here on her website Mandy Lehto's Instagram Ep 61. Overachieving perfectionism and living- life juicy with MandyLehto Chloe:                     Helloand welcome to the calmer you podcast, this is your host Chloe Brotheridge, Iam a coach and a hypnotherapist, and I'm the author of two books: The AnxietySolution and my latest book Brave New Girl, Seven Steps to Confidence. Bravenew girl is all about helping you to end people-pleasing, discover the power ofno and becoming your most confident self. And it's full of stories from peoplelike you and me, who have grown their confidence.As well as practical tools that youcan slot into your life, they're going to help you to you be the best you thatyou can be. So this week I'm talking to Mandy Lehto, she is a coach, a speaker,a writer, she's a champion of high achievers eager to trade the hustle ofsomething more sane and satisfying. Mandy has a beautiful way of blendingacademic research with intuitive and heartfelt guidance, and she helps peopleto seize life with both hands.So in this really inspiringconversation we talk about how we can use achievement to buy enoughness, nowhow many of you can relate to this? How we hang our worth on achievements,whether that's how much money we earn, or getting a promotion, or getting likeson a social media post we really get into this and how to get away from doingthis because it ultimately isn't very satisfying. We'll talk about how toovercome over achieving, and this is different to high achieving by the way.Overachieving is going much too farthan really is possible for a human being to go, and Mandy's had her ownexperience of this, shares loads of stories about how she's experienced thisand overcome it and how she helps other people to as well. We'll talk about whyperfectionism can be used as an escape from anxiety, as a way to not have tofeel anxious if we are constantly striving. If we are trying to control whatother people think of us by putting on an image of perfection, we're trying toprotect ourselves from feeling anxiety and yet the process of trying to beperfect actually creates a lot anxiety in itself.Mandy also shares her favoritepractical tools, there are loads of things that you kind of want to be making anote of and returning back to off this episode, and we also talk about how tolive life more juicy. So if you are looking to grow your confidence, I have a Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.