The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless is mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

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Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going...

Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going...

Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class -...

Increasingly, staying in the middle class - let alone aspiring to become middle class -...

Liberation is an ever shifting horizon, a total ideology that can never fulfill its promises....

Liberation is an ever shifting horizon, a total ideology that can never fulfill its promises....

But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything...

But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything...

Not only is it harder to be a man, it is also harder to become...

Not only is it harder to be a man, it is also harder to become...

The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones...

The more we refuse to buy into our inner critics - and our external ones...

There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and...

There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and...

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over...

I'm pulling out, and I'm going to concentrate every ounce of time and energy over...

Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in...

Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in...

It's no longer an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species.

It's no longer an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species.

There is nothing like becoming a mom to fill you with fear.

There is nothing like becoming a mom to fill you with fear.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I...

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I...

I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by...

I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by...

The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on...

The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on...

America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by...

America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by...

But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.

But you have to do what you dream of doing even while you're afraid.

Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter...

Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter...

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw...

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw...

It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes,...

It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes,...

The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG...

The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG...