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Your mind may be ready, but your body still says “not yet.” Here are 3 bottom-up practices to lower the stakes and keep moving without needing it to be perfect.

Not all perfectionism is bad. Here’s the difference between growth-supportive and self-silencing perfectionism — and how to switch back to the helpful kind.