The Faces of Perfectionism
Perfectionism is the one flaw people are happy to claim. For some people it really is a harmless quirk. For a lot of us, though, it's something heavier that learned to wear a respectable face. It travels with anxiety, depression, and eating disorders often enough that clinicians treat it as a red flag, not a résumé line. And it doesn't show up the same way in everyone.
The Girl Who Was Never Enough
Religious trauma, childhood abuse, and shame can feel like a life sentence — especially when the people who were supposed to protect you were the ones causing the harm. Emma's story is one of CPTSD, the shame-addiction cycle, and finding a secular recovery path when traditional approaches didn't fit.