Mindfulness meditation involves a willingness to be with ourselves as we are. It offers a way of learning to work with ourselves, and not on ourselves, especially if we are healing from perfectionism.

Mindfulness reminds us that not everything has to be "fixed"—and very often, our movement back to wellness starts when we stop trying to change ourselves and simply accept where we are with care and attention. 

Cheryl Jones is a mindfulness teacher, health and wellness coach, and author of two books, Thriving When Your Cosmic Egg Is Cracked: A Mindful Journey and Mindful Exercise: A Bridge Between Yoga and Exercise. She was the recipient of the Chairman's Leadership Award and the Norman Vincent Peale Award for Positive Thinking for integrating mindfulness into corporate culture at Aetna. You can find her at www.linkedin.com/in/cherylljones/.

The transcription of this guided meditation will be online and in our app at Mindful.org next week. 

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Show Notes

Find more from Cheryl Jones here.

If you are looking for an in-depth resource to help build essential skills to meet a changing and uncertain world with a core of inner strength, join Melli O'Brien and a host of other teachers for The Seven Strengths, a FREE 7-day online course happening this May 13-19. Learn more and register at www.mindfulness.com/the-seven-strengths. 

Go Deeper

Healing from perfectionism isn't easy. It takes time and practice. Here are some additional Mindful.org resources to help you build a stronger sense of self-acceptance: 

• Awareness in Action: Rethinking ADHD Through Mindfulness 

• What Swimming Taught Me About Self-Compassion and Letting Go 

• It's Selfish, It's Hokey, and I'll Lose My Edge: 3 Half-Truths About Self-Compassion

• How Self-Compassion Can Improve Teen Mental Health 

• This Is What Fierce Self-Compassion Looks Like 

Want to try more practices that foster self-compassion? Start here: A 12-Minute Meditation to Embrace All Your Parts 

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