How Holistic Health, Food as Medicine, and Overcoming Perfectionism Promote Real Healing

For a long time, I’ve perceived a pressure of others’ unspoken expectations that I be perfect—whether in how I eat, behave, or live. When I faltered, this judgment felt magnified, feeding an inner dialogue of shame and self-criticism. Recognizing how I might unwittingly fuel these pressures myself has been part of my healing.

Perfectionism shows up for me as isolation, procrastination, restriction, and numbing out. It has held me back from expressing myself, deep connection, and fueled restrictive eating patterns, over-exercising, over-performing, and anxiety. 

It is distracting, self-sabotaging, and painful, and I am consistently working through it in my personal and professional journey.