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Darja's Alignment Corner · May 12, 2026

Meeting the need behind perfectionism

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Darja · Darja's Alignment Corner

Last week I shared about a ceremony that opened a new perspective within me around control.
Today, I’m here to go deeper into some very familiar inner whispers:

“I should’ve done it the other way.”
“Oh no, this is not good enough.”
“I can fix this one.”

In this month’s audio transmission, we explore: “What does my inner perfectionist really want?” and “How do I actually give it to them?”
In the full version, I guide you through simple prompts to rediscover a felt sense of safety in your body, and to explore your relationship with your inner perfectionist from a place of understanding, not judgement.

I don’t know about you, but I love having my things in check.
I love having an overview of everything and everyone.
Why? Because it makes me feel safe.

Yet over time, as I grew disconnected from the actual feeling of safety, control became not just something I enjoyed, but something I craved.

My medicine became meeting the need behind the control.
Instead of judging myself to the grave, I chose to look at it through a lens of curiosity and understanding.

One important realisation: feelings are not something external.
They live in the body – and the same goes for the feeling of safety.

In my experience, there are two ways to connect with a feeling:

Read the original on shirjajeva.substack.com

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