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The Sonya Looney Show

Hey everybody! My name is Sonya Looney and welcome to my podcast. For those of you who don’t have any context on me, I’m a plant-based World Champion ultra endurance mountain biker. I travel the world and have met some incredible people with world class attitudes and ways of living that motivate me daily, and I want to share their paths of mastery with you. This is a podcast interviewing inspiring leaders across the categories of wellness, endurance fitness, plant-based nutrition, mindset, and entrepreneurship to help you unlock the best and healthiest version of yourself.

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Reframing Our Mindset Around High Achievement and Perfectionism with Dr. Z

Apr 21, 2023

Dr. Zurita Ona (Dr. Z) is a licensed clinical psychologist who founded the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center where she runs an outpatient program integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP). She is experienced in working with children, adolescents and adults with OCD, trauma, anxiety and emotional regulation problems. Her work is dedicated to helping clients get “unstuck” and living the life they want to live. 

She is the author of several books, including her recent publication Acceptance and Commitment Skills for Perfectionism and High-Achieving Behaviors: Do Things Your Way, Be Yourself and Live a Purposeful Life. 

In this week’s episode, Sonya and Dr. Z tackled topics such as achievement, perfectionism, overworking, values and much more.

Key Takeaways:

  • Healthy high achievement
  • Perfectionistic actions
  • How we tie sense of accomplishment with sense of self
  • Perfectionism and seeking control
  • What to do when you are stuck
  • The optimal amount of hard work
  • Striving to be the best without comparison
  • Perfectionism and passion
  • Celebrating success
  • Controlling the controllables

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