Tag: American Clinical Psychologist

My Abundant Life 7-24-26

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July 24th, 2026

Paying a High Price

“[Certain] high-achieving women are imploded with demands, both external and internal, and lack the skills to filter them. These women complain that the first thing they sacrifice is their private time or private pleasures.”

Harriet B. Braiker, Ph.D. (American Clinical Psychologist, Management Consultant, & Author, 1948 to 2004)

“Those of us who don’t spend regular time alone to rest and recoup are likely to suffer from what psychologists call ‘privacy deprivation syndrome.’ Symptoms include increasing resentment, mood swings, chronic fatigue, and depression.”

“I have worked on my sleep hygiene and the time I head to bed. This has dramatically improved my well being. When I head to bed I do it alone and have nearly 30-minutes of solitude before my husband makes his way to join me.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 270 to 271 of 501.

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My Abundant Life 5-15-26

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May 15th, 2026

Progress, Not Perfection

“Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.”

Anne Wilson Schaef (American Clinical Psychologist & Author; March 22nd, 1934 to January 19th, 2020)

“How much of our lives is frittered away—spoiled, spent, or sullied—by our neurotic insistence on perfection?”

“Today, accept, that perfection is unattainable. In real life we should strive to be our best—not the world’s.”

“Perfection leaves so little room for improvement. So little space for acceptance—or joy. On the path we have chosen, progress is the simple pleasure to be savored. Daily.”

“I have what I lnow is a particular way of things, and it it not perfect. What is perfect anyways?”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 160 to 162 of 501.

I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.