Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Information on overcoming feelings of rejection will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain).
Are you more concerned with what others think? Do mistakes equal failure or the risk of rejection? Do you have a constant need for status or worth to maintain attachment or belonging? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you can see what perfectionism looks like. Author, Jane Bluestein, PhD, will discuss these and other traits to watch out for. Her business is Instructional Support Services, Inc. and she’s from Albuquerque.
If entering your home makes you sigh and you just don’t know what to do to remedy the situation, it may be time to talk to a professional decorator. Latriece Brooks will talk about how to rethink your space and your furniture plan, and then discuss accessorizing, rehanging artwork, and paying attention to texture and pattern. Her business is Brooks Interiors and she lives in Clovis.
Information on making “accidental landscapes” on quilts and creating dimensional canvases will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.
Quilter and author Karen Eckmeier will show how free-form rotary cutting of fabric strips that are layered can “accidentally” create a beach scene on a quilt. Her company is The Quilted Lizard and she’s from Kent, Connecticut.
Theresa Cifali, mixed media artist and owner of The Altered Canvas in Valhalla, New York, will show how to make dimensional canvases using a gel medium and heavy bodied acrylic paint. By adding a quote and/or a picture, it becomes a gorgeous piece of home décor.
Perfection Deception
When Dr. Jane Bluestein would tell someone that she just finished writing a book on perfec-tionism, the common reaction was a blank stare followed by the question, ‘What’s wrong with perfectionism?’ Indeed, most people mistakenly confuse perfectionism with a healthy striving for excellenceDbut there is a big difference. One can lead to great achievement (or at least great learning) and the other is a psychological wound, the voice of the inner critic that screams ‘failure,’ ‘loser,’ or ‘fraud,’ regardless of the authenticity of our efforts, progress, or success.
Over the years, Dr. Bluestein has seen the toxic and corrosive effects of perfectionism on people’s thinking, their bodies, their relationships, their work, and their sense of worth: now she exposes the truth: perfectionism is actually a mask for a fear of making mistakes, a desperate need to avoid negative judgments and rejection.
For those who are bound by the impossible demands of perfectionism and those who feel bound by someone else’s perfectionistic standards, Dr. Bluestein emphatically shows that perfectionism is not a good thing, and it’s not remotely the same as doing your best. Through personal interviews and the latest research, she explores how our culture fuels the dysfunction, how perfectionism develops, and how it can hurt our physical, mental, and social well-being. Further, she provides practical strategies for moving toward authenticity and wholeness to live with confidence, self-fulfillment, and happiness.
“Creative Living” is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations. Contact her at:
