151: Perfectionism is the Enemy with @AboutProgress Founder Monica Packer

Joy Clausen Soto is the founder of the annual Dolphin Interaction Program for patients from Rady Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She is a dolphin trainer, cancer survivor, TEDx speaker, and the director and subject of the documentary “Just One Year –A story of triumph over cancer.” Joy lives in San Diego with her husband and two kids. Website: https://www.joyclausensoto.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-clausen-soto/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joy.soto.5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoyClausen Link to her book: https://amzn.to/3oVWnAT

Dr. Melina Roberts is a Naturopathic Doctor, Author of Building a Healthy Child, TEDx speaker and Founder of Advanced Naturopathic Medical Centre in Calgary, Canada. She is recognized as one of the top Bioregulatory Medicine practitioners in North America. She is a leading authority in the field of naturopathic medicine specializing in Bioregulatory Medicine effectively treating digestive issues, complex chronic disease and cancer. Dr. Roberts is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto. She did a 2 year post-graduate study in Biological Medicine with Parcelsus Clinic in Switzerland. Dr. Roberts' website: advancednaturopathic.com

Dr. Radlauer-Doerfler is a leading expert in social connection and social support and uses her experience to create impact within communities, systems, organizations, and individuals. Her approach is collaborative, creative, and curious as she strives to educate utilizing unique avenues including media, stage production, video production, podcasting and writing. She has extensive experience in behavioral health, public health, and organizational development for more than 25 years. She is a national expert in behavioral health, social support, and social connectedness and uses this knowledge to further mental wellness. Her research on structural racism in the behavioral health field has led to the development of a national curriculum designed to create more equitable systems. She is passionate about addressing behavioral health challenges through her social influences of mental health research, and speaks widely on the topic. Website: https://collectivelyus.org/

Dena Patton is an elite business coach and transformational speaker who has worked with thousands of purpose-driven business owners and world-changing leaders around the globe. She helps her clients to build GREAT companies that break records in their revenue AND their impact. She founded Dena Patton Coaching & Training Company 22 years ago while living in New York City where she created her world-class Greatness Methodology. Her 3-Pillar coaching approach helps businesses to build: the systems to be a well-oiled company, the strategy to be a well-marketed company, and the greatness mindset to be a well-led company. As a speaker, coach and best-selling author Dena has garnered over 60 media stories and she leads from 6 core values: Courage, Accountability, Authenticity, Faith, Integrity, and Fun!! What are the 5 messages of smallness? Perfection Doubt - imposter  Fear (of success, failure, judgment) Overwhelm Distraction and confusion In this episode, we talk about how we get stuck with these messages and how to overcome them on our way to becoming the highest version of ourselves. Dena's website: www.DenaPatton.com

Eric Barker is the author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller “Barking Up the Wrong Tree,” which has sold over half a million copies and been translated into 19 languages. It was even the subject of a question on “Jeopardy!” Over 500,000 people have subscribed to his weekly newsletter. His work has been covered by The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Financial Times, and others. Eric is also a sought-after speaker, having given talks at MIT, Yale, Google, the United States Military Central Command (CENTCOM), and the Olympic Training Center. His new book, “Plays Well with Others,” will be released by HarperCollins in May of 2022. Get Eric's new book here: https://amzn.to/39VnEeV Website: https://www.bakadesuyo.com/ Email: [email protected] Instagram: @bakadesuyo Twitter: @bakadesuyo

Jonathan Troen is a Life Mastery Coach and creator of the Self Love Revolution. His mission: To help people find the joy inside of themselves. Jonathan spent 20 years in the music and entertainment business, living the life of his dreams and interviewing the biggest stars in the world. But he still wasn't happy. He also found out, he wasn't alone. So he went on a mission to find out why. Once he learned the secrets of true happiness and success, he had to share it with others. This was the beginning of the Self Love Revolution. Social Media Links: Website: https://www.SelfLoveRevolution.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathantroen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathantroen/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCehyk1DzmlXj8f6VVok6I5w/ Clubhouse: @JonathanTroen

Monica Packer is passionate about teaching practical transformation. As a podcaster, growth coach, and podcast educator, she guides women to find sustainable growth by adopting progress over perfection. Monica is a former middle school teacher, a forever Oprah and Harry Potter fangirl, a perpetual cookie dough maker, and a beginning swimmer. You can find more about Monica at aboutprogress.com and on Instagram.

Steven Lawson is the founder and creator of the Monk Manual, a daily system for peaceful being and purposeful doing. After searching high and low for a formula that resulted in fuller living, he found it amongst the ancient path of the monks.  Steven lives in Buffalo, NY with his wife and three kids and splits his time between serving individuals through the Monk Manual and serving businesses through his consulting company Innerspace (goinnerspace.com). You can check out the Monk Manual at monkmanual.com or on Instagram @MonkManual. Discount code: MoreHappyLife

Disclaimer: do not change your medications without first consulting with your doctor or health care provider. This can be very dangerous. Please listen to this episode with an open mind, but with the knowledge that one must be careful when changing their medication routine for mental illnesses. Always consult your psychiatrist, doctor, healthcare provider, therapist before making any changes.  Denver clinical psychologist Dr. Susan Heitler specializes in helping her clients to reverse negative emotions. She shares these understandings broadly via her posts on psychologoytoday.com, where her articles have had over 22 million reads. In addition, Dr. Heitler has published five books. Her most recent is a self-help book, Prescriptions Without Pills: For Relief from Depression, Anger, Anxiety & More. For free videos and worksheets from the book, see the book's website at prescriptionswithoutpills.com

Dawson Church, PhD, is an award-winning science writer with three best-selling books to his credit. The Genie in Your Genes (YourGeniusGene.com) was the first book to demonstrate that emotions drive gene expression.  Mind to Matter, (MindToMatter.com) showed that the brain creates much of what we think of as “objective reality.” Bliss Brain (BlissBrain.com) demonstrates that peak mental states rapidly remodel the brain for happiness. Dawson has conducted dozens of clinical trials, and founded the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare (NIIH.org) to promote groundbreaking new treatments. Its largest program, the Veterans Stress Project, has offered free treatment to over 20,000 veterans with PTSD over the past decade. Dawson shares how to apply these health and performance breakthroughs through EFT Universe (EFTUniverse.com), one of the largest alternative medicine sites on the web.