The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, A Path to Peace and Power

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by Katherine Morgan Schafler · 2023

A self-help book by psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler that reframes perfectionism as a potentially useful strength rather than a flaw. It identifies five types of perfectionism and offers guidance for loosening the need for control while pursuing greater peace, agency, and power.

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Perfectionism can turn pressure into useful power
The episode offers a framework for distinguishing perfectionism that expands agency from patterns that produce burnout, procrastination, or people-pleasing.
Aug 18, 2026 · 21 min

1 episode featuring The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, A Path to Peace and Power

Perfectionism can turn pressure into useful power