Selected for USA Today's Best Books of 2023
Selected as Editor's Pick in Amazon's Best Books of 2023
From psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler, an invitation to every
“recovering perfectionist” to challenge the way they look at perfectionism,
and the way they look at themselves.
We’ve been looking at perfectionism all wrong. As psychotherapist and former on-site
therapist at Google Katherine Morgan Schafler argues in The Perfectionist's Guide to
Losing Control, you don’t have to stop being a perfectionist to be healthy. For women
who are sick of being given the generic advice to “find balance,” a new approach has
arrived.
Which of the five types of perfectionist are you? Classic, intense, Parisian, messy, or
procrastinator? As you identify your unique perfectionist profile, you'll learn how to
manage each form of perfectionism to work for you, not against you. Beyond managing
it, you'll learn how to embrace and even enjoy your perfectionism. Yes, enjoy!
Full of stories and brimming with humor, empathy, and depth, this book is a love letter
to the ambitious, high achieving, full-of-life clients who filled the author’s private
practice, and who changed her life. It’s a clarion call for all women to dare to want
more without feeling greedy or ungrateful. Ultimately, this book will show you how to
make the single greatest trade you’ll ever make in your life, which is to exchange
superficial control for real power