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EPISODE · Aug 14, 2024 · 25 MIN

65. Everything is Perfect. And There is Always Room for Improvement.

from The Modern Creative Woman · host Dr. Amy Backos

Ask me a question or let me know what you think!“Everything is perfect and there is always room for improvement.” This quote from Suzuki Roshi, who is the founder of the Zen Center of San Francisco and credited with bringing Buddhism to the East, starts us off today on this conversation about perfectionism. Thoughts are not the truth, they are just neurological phenomenon. Your heart beats. Your brain thinks. Thoughts are one neuron firing across the synapse to another neuron and then spreading out across a group of neurons to make a pattern. There is an easier way to relate to thoughts, especially the troubling ones that push us towards the limiting beliefs of perfectionism. Plus we talk about the universal shape of spirals, found in the shape of solar systems, plans and nature, our bodies...and in art!Support the showExplore the Modern Creative Woman Communityhttps://moderncreativewoman.comFree Goodies and Subscribe to the Monthly Newsletterhttps://moderncreativewoman.com/subscribe-to-the-creative-woman/Connect with Dr. Amy on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dramybackos/

Ask me a question or let me know what you think! “Everything is perfect and there is always room for improvement.” This quote from Suzuki Roshi, who is the founder of the Zen Center of San Francisco and credited with bringing Buddhism to the East, starts us off today on this conversation about perfectionism. Thoughts are not the truth, they are just neurological phenomenon. Your heart beats. Your brain thinks. Thoughts are one neuron firing across the synapse to another neuron and then...

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