In this episode of Love Always, Jo, I interview Kim Gorski, an educator, inspirer and coach at Kim Kelty Gorski and is also the host of the podcast, Balance Over Perfect. Kim is a multi-talented creative who specializes in wellness, mindset, and balance in life. Listen to this episode to hear more about perfectionism.
Kim is a podcaster, educator, social media and breakthrough coach where over the past 4 years has studied psychology, vitality, and balance we need as women to accomplish our goals and to do our best daily. She is also the host of the podcast, Balance Over Perfect, where she talks about finding grace, peace, and action to do your best in your health, relationships, career, and life.
In this episode Kim and I discuss…
- How the podcast Balance Over Perfect got started (hint: it was after reading Present Over Perfect)
- How the perception of balance differs from person to person
- The Breakthrough Blueprint (Kim’s course)
- Perfectionism and the inner critic
- The power of writing down our thoughts
- Speaking up and sharing no matter the size of your platform
- Starting with working on your mindset and well-being before helping others
- 3 things that helped Kim deal with perfectionism
- Shifting your focus internally so that you can ride the ebbs and flow of life
- Kim’s definition of balance
- Finding pockets of peace in the high’s and low’s of life
Find Kim online:
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Recommended Reading:
- The High Performance Habits – Brendon Burchard
- Present Over Perfect – Shauna Niequist
- The Mask of Masculinity – Lewis Howes
- The Untethered Soul – Michael Singer
- The White Hot Truth – Danielle Laporte
Recommended Podcasts:
- The Brendon Show
- Joanna’s episode on Balance Over Perfect (episode 25)
- Self-Service
Quotes:
- “I want people to feel, to heal.” — Kim
- “It’s not quantity over quality it’s determining what your balance between quantity and quality is.” — Kim
- “Being a big-feeling person we tend to develop our perfectionist tendencies so we don’t have to feel anything” — Joanna
- “Perfection is a 100% an inner critic tactic” — Joanna
- “Perfectionism is just a lie for procrastination” — Kim
- “You’re the only one who has to deal with what you’re feeling or lacking 24/7. So you need to either: Find peace with it, find closure, or find action.” — Kim
- “Regardless of the size of your platf0rm you have the ability to speak up and share it in the 4 walls of our home, 4 walls of our mind or the 4 walls of the world.” — Kim
- “Give yourself grace for yesterday, peace for today and a plan for tomorrow” — Kim
- “We all mess up, it’s all about how you perceive it” — Kim
- “Balance is about finding peace in your high’s and low’s” — Kim
- “Find pockets of peace” — Kim
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