Your Frequency Shift
The Frequency Shift
Hosted by Nick & Karis
This is a podcast for high-performing humans who’ve outgrown surface-level success and are ready to recalibrate life, leadership, and love from the inside out.
Nick and Karis - partners in life, business, and transformation - guide you through intimate, unscripted conversations about nervous system rewiring, relational polarity, embodied parenting, trauma integration, soulful business, and what it actually takes to build a life you don’t need to escape from.
Together, they blend lived experience, strategic insight, and somatic wisdom to help you remember who you are beneath the doing - so you can lead, love, and live from clarity, inner safety, and power.
Whether you’re navigating burnout, identity shifts, relationship ruts, or big leadership seasons, this space invites you to pause, feel, and shift.
Welcome home to the frequency of your truest self.
🎙 Guests include coaches, creators, leaders, and everyday humans walking the path of sovereignty, healing, and embodied success.
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Your Frequency Shift
EP14: "I am not what I've Done." Perfectionism, disappointment and learning to embrace growth.
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In a world that often celebrates perfection, it's easy to fall into the trap of striving for flawlessness in everything we do. But there's a fundamental truth we often overlook: "I am not what I've done."
Perfectionism can be both a driving force and a relentless tormentor. On one hand, it propels us to strive for excellence, but on the other hand, it fosters an inner critic that berates us mercilessly for even the smallest missteps.
This relentless pursuit of perfection leads us into a never-ending cycle of disappointment. We set expectations that are impossibly high and feel like failures when we inevitably fall short. We start to doubt our abilities and lose sight of our intrinsic worth.
The weight of our past mistakes can be one of the most challenging aspects of perfectionism. We often carry the belief that our past actions define who we are today. But the truth is, we are not the sum of our past. Our past mistakes do not dictate our future.
The antidote to the perfectionist's struggle lies in embracing grace and self-compassion. It means acknowledging that making mistakes is an integral part of being human. Self-compassion allows us to learn and grow from our mistakes without judgment.
When we release the notion that we are defined by our past and the opinions of others, we experience a profound sense of liberation. We don't have to be confined by the expectations of our past or the judgments of others.
"I am not what I've done" is a powerful mantra for those seeking relief from the grip of perfectionism. It's an invitation to embrace grace and self-compassion, break free from the cycle of disappointment, and find liberation in the journey of self-improvement.
So, in this episode, let's explore how embracing imperfection can lead to a more fulfilling life. Remember, you are not defined by your past or your mistakes; you are who you choose to become.
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