#105 (Kailey Lewis) The Dark Side of Perfection: Its Impact on Self-Worth and Your Body

In this episode, we dive into how perfectionist tendencies creep into all aspects of our lives and significantly impact out mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing. Kailey shares her journey, struggles, and realizations along the way that will inspire you and maybe help you think about how you can start to make some shifts in your own life. Kailey Lewis is a biomedical engineer, snowboarder, athlete, personal trainer, and extreme perfectionist. She struggled with anxiety and depression as well as TMJ and lock jaw from never knowing how to relax and calm down. She often felt overwhelmed, overstimulated, and negative all the time. This last year she made a huge switch to try and find the good, take a look from the outside, and find her purpose and happiness to slowly rewire her perfectionist thought process. 02:02 Perfectionism and the pressure of it all 06:22 Never feeling good enough 08:19 Self-worth and physical impacts 15:30 The struggle to relax. 17:50 Self-care, shifting priorities, and pursuing your passion, and feeling fulfilled. 37:50 Small changes, pursuing new skills, and reconnecting with yourself 47:30 How to connect with Kailey Connect with Kailey: www.snowfunctionaltraining.com Download the FREE Transition Guide for High Achievers: https://drkellykessler.myflodesk.com/transitionguide Dr. Kelly Kessler is a licensed physical therapist, transformation coach, host of the podcast Rewiring Health, the owner of Optimal You Health and Wellness, LLC and a mom of two boys. Kelly helps high achievers stop feeling exhausted, disconnected, and compromising their health during the pursuit of achievement through nervous system regulation and subconscious reprogramming. Kelly guides her clients through personal transformation to cultivate resilience, live abundantly, and feel connected with themselves. Inspired by her own journey of recovering from persistent negative thoughts, perfectionist beliefs, an eating disorder, chronic back pain, and panic attacks, Kelly has helped achievers harness their profound ability to shift from survival mode to thriving. Kelly has been featured in Authority Magazine, DailyOM, The Everygirl, and Thrive Global.