Failure, Fear, and Generational Trauma: Healing that Mess

Send a text to share your thoughts!Ep 96 - We're back, and we're starting with a lesson you also probably could've used in college (or anytime): failure isn't the end. It's the whole point!This is episode 1 of 4 in the Healing Girl Summer mini-series, pulled from the manuscript Benchmarks Are Bullshit: Lessons I Wish I Knew at 18. We're revisiting the first big failure and what happens when a girl who was never allowed to fail finally does.All of us have already survived learning to walk. We've been failing and recovering our entire lives. This episode is just the reminder we forgot we needed.Key TakeawaysFailure only destroys your identity when you've never been given room to practice itThe scientific method is also a pretty solid life strategy. Your comfort zone is just the ground you kept sitting on after you stopped trying to walkFailure at this big age is just information: that didn't work, so let's try the next thingGet your own copy of Benchmarks Are Bullshit at https://pauletteerato.gumroad.com/l/pmavo/VIDA30 In This Episode  #95 - Grief & Death: What I've Learned#37 – Perfectionism and Childfree Latinas: The Ivy League School DropoutThe scientific method (Wikipedia)Encanto, Disney-animated movieArticle - We Don’t Talk About Perfectionism: Using Encanto to Explore Perfectionism and Growth Fostering Relationships (Journal of Creativity in Mental Health)To get the full show notes, and an episode transcript, go to PauletteErato.com/shownotes. This is episode 96. Support the showLike what you hear? Reach out to send your thoughts, and don't forget to grab a limited edition LVMC baseball t-shirt. Check it out at pauletteerato.com/shop.How to reach me:Got a thought, or a comment? Send a text!Email me at hola @ pauletteerato dot comJoin the Super Cheveritas at https://pauletteerato.substack.com/Support the show at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1948831/supporters/new