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Update from the audiobook, thanks to MacMillian Audio and Netgalley for a review copy (2/5): Ellen Hendriksen narrates the audiobook with authority, but forgiveness, like the nice therapist or teacher that you can come to with your problems, mostly the perfectionist ones. Her inflections were great, and to hear her say her words was an extra boost to what I鈥檝e already learned.

As a long time perfectionist, I struggle with being 鈥渆nough鈥� in several aspects of my life and in a way, has held me back and led to long periods of procrastination. When I saw How to Be Enough, I knew I had to at least give it a try. Even from a first reading and highlighting A LOT on my kindle, there was so many takeaways to at least start the journey from the crippling parts of perfectionism.

The book is broken down into seven shifts, breaking down on what people thing is a single monolith into smaller aspects that make up the monstrous whole. It鈥檚 less about obliterating all the habits at once, but about making one shift at a time, and slowly become more flexible with their perfectionism. It鈥檚 finding that healthy middle instead of trying to destroy the perfectionism, which is impossible. Each chapter has some highlighted tips to make a small change.

Dr. Ellen Hendriksen delivers the information in a mostly casual style, not blaming the reader for their past behavior (because harsh wording is probably the worst thing to do in a book appealing to perfectionists). She uses experiences with past clients and some of her own experiences to deliver an authentic and broad look at the perfectionist and how to deconstruct it to improve ourselves. I did enjoy the occasional wit as well.

Side note, the last 30% of the book is footnotes on the kindle version, so the book actually ends at around the 70% mark.

If you feel like perfectionism has held you back, pick this book up!

*I received an ARC from Netgalley and St. Martin鈥檚 Essentials. All opinions are my own.*