Feb 28 2025 17 mins
Discover the inner workings of your perfectionist brain—how it predicts, perceives and often distorts your reality. Uncover how being super rigid, overly controlling, excessively checking your email, constantly seeking reassurance, people pleasing, over-preparing — and why these are signs your perfectionistic brain is misfiring. Plus, learn the neuroscience-backed solution to take charge of your perfectionism instead of letting it rule you.
On paper, you’ve got it together— isn’t it time you felt like it? Whether it's becoming much more DECISIVE in everything you do, stop playing out worst case scenarios in your head or becoming JOYFULLY PRESENT AMBITIOUS again, Perfectionism Optimized, private 1-1 coaching gives you the life-long skills to *finally feel* as amazing on the inside as your life looks on the outside. Get your stress-free start today at https://courtneylovegavin.com/rewire
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00-What Makes Perfectionistic Brains Unique
04:02-How The Brain Works
07:32-Neuroscience Behind Overthinking
09:25-Catastrophizing Your Way to Chronic Stress
10:37-Ruminate + 11 Signs Using Your Brain Incorrectly
11:58-Neuroplasticy to rewire the brain
14:03-What Gets In The Way of Rewiring
15:59-Black + White Thinking
Resources Mentioned In Episode 249:
- Perfect Start Introductory Session Single Coaching Session
- Catastrophizing Perfectionism Rewired Ep. 188
- Catastrophize. Ruminate. Overthink. Perfectionism Rewired Ep. 216
- Will Save Your Sanity(might change your life) Perfectionism Rewired Ep. 193
Citations/Sources:
Braem, S., Coenen, E., Klaas Bombeke, Bochove, van, & Wim Notebaert. (2015). Open your eyes for prediction errors. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 15(2), 374–380. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-014-0333-4
Handley, A. K., Egan, S. J., Kane, R. T., & Rees, C. S. (2014). The relationships between perfectionism, pathological worry and generalised anxiety disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244x-14-98
Mattes, A., Mück, M., & Stahl, J. (2022). Perfectionism-related variations in error processing in a task with increased response selection complexity. Personality Neuroscience, 5. https://doi.org/10.1017/pen.2022.3
Perfectionism Rewired is committed to neuroscience truth and accuracy through a perfectionist affirming lens, offering cutting-edge research on perfectionism, neuroplasticity + interoception techniques for the practical perfectionist who wants to enjoy the life you've worked so hard to create instead of obsolete advice to "overcome your perfectionism"