From Perfectionism to Happiness

The Complete Guide to Reduced Anxiety, Improved Time Management, Self-Compassion and Better Relationships

By: Claudia Turcotte

Narrated by: Amberly

BREAK FREE FROM PERFECTIONISM—AND FIND TRUE HAPPINESS

Do you constantly feel like nothing is ever “good enough”? Does the pursuit of perfection leave you anxious, exhausted, and dissatisfied?

In From Perfectionism to Happiness, Claudia Turcotte offers a compassionate, practical roadmap to help you break free from the grip of perfectionism and embrace a more balanced, fulfilling life.

Drawing from her expertise in psychology, social work, and emotional coaching, she shares actionable strategies to help you:

• Overcome self-doubt and embrace self-compassion
• Improve relationships by letting go of unrealistic expectations
• Manage time effectively without stress and burnout
• Shift your mindset from perfection to progress
• Cultivate joy and resilience in everyday life

With real-life examples and easy-to-follow exercises, this book empowers you to replace perfectionism with confidence, emotional balance, and genuine happiness. Whether you’re a high achiever, a busy professional, a parent, or simply someone tired of feeling stuck, this guide will help you reclaim your time, energy, and well-being.

It’s time to let go of perfection—and start living with purpose and joy.

©2025 Claudia Turcotte (P)2025 Claudia Turcotte

Break Free from Perfectionism

This encouraging guide by Claudia Turcotte is designed for anyone ready to trade pressure for peace. Having struggled with perfectionism myself, I found her insights truly transformative. Claudia reframes perfectionism as a learned behavior — not a fixed trait — and demonstrates that anyone can unlearn it through self-compassion, improved time management, and embracing imperfection. You'll find helpful tips with straightforward exercises to decrease stress and make you feel lighter.
A valuable resource for personal growth in a world designed to perpetuate a relentless pursuit of perfection, this audiobook will help you alleviate stress and foster healthier relationships. It is highly recommended for anyone tired of the exhausting cycle of perfectionism and ready to enjoy life more fully!

Practical

This book offers a compassionate and practical roadmap to help you break free from perfectionism's grip. Turcotte draws from her expertise in psychology, social work, and emotional coaching to provide actionable strategies.

Thoughtful, practical and focused on progress

Perfectionism can sneak into everything- work, parenting, even how we manage our time. So, I liked that this audiobook tackles it from all angles. The parts about how perfectionism affects our kids and relationships really stuck with me, especially the reminder to ease up on unrealistic expectations. I also appreciated the mindset shift from chasing perfection to focusing on progress and it felt doable, not just motivational fluff. A few of the exercises were pretty surface-level, but the real-life examples helped bring the ideas home. The narrator had a warm, thoughtful tone that matched the reflective nature of the content. Definitely a helpful listen if you're trying to be kinder to yourself and those around you.

Interesting approach of how to deal with perfectionism

The book focuses on how perfectionism can start since you are child, how it can evolve during the phases of your life and how it can impact it limiting a way of living a more fullfilling and happier life. However, the most important part of the book is how to overcome perfectionism, embracing errors and learning from them, and specially it teaches the different ways to correct it at the different stages of your life.

Finally Can Let Go of “Perfect”

From Perfectionism to Happiness was exactly what I needed at this point in my life. I’ve always been someone who sets impossibly high standards for myself, and while it pushed me to achieve a lot, it also left me constantly anxious, exhausted, and never truly satisfied.

This book helped me understand the roots of my perfectionism and gave me real tools to start shifting my mindset. The sections on self-compassion and time management were especially eye-opening—I never realized how much pressure I was putting on myself until I started reading this.
What I loved most is how compassionate and practical the tone is. It’s not about fixing yourself; it’s about learning to accept yourself and find happiness in the process. I’m already seeing changes in how I manage my time, my relationships, and how I talk to myself.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in the cycle of “never good enough,” I highly recommend this book. It’s like having a supportive guide walk you gently toward peace, balance, and joy.

A Powerful Shift in Perspective

As a recovering perfectionist, this audiobook really hit home for me. On my entrepreneurial journey, I’ve learned that "done is better than perfect" and that real growth only happens when you're willing to make mistakes and face your fears. This audiobook dives deep into how perfectionism holds us back and offers such an uplifting reminder that happiness comes from embracing imperfection.

Helped me let go of pressure

I always get disappointed when I don’t think I fulfilled my plan. This would lead to negative thinking and constant push, which stress me out. Listening to this audiobook allowed me to let go of those unnecessary standards and instead let me enjoy the process of doing something. It helped me to be a lot kinder to myself day by day. Recommended!

Great Guide to Feel less Stress

I’ve been told I’m a perfectionist, but I didn’t fully understand what that meant at the time. As I’ve become more self-aware, I can now see how perfectionism has affected different areas of my life. This book helped me better understand those patterns and showed me how to shift my mindset so I can feel more at ease and adjust my expectations. It also covers ways to manage stress, practice self-compassion, and create healthier relationships by not holding everything, and everyone—to impossible standards. Which I have been living in circles of stress, and that hasn't been happy. I never realized how much perfectionism was shaping my self-image, but now it’s clear. Truly a helpful and insightful read.

Great explanations

From Perfectionism to Happiness describes how trying to be perfect is causing you stress and unhappiness. It offers great tips on being kinder to yourself and that it's okay to be human and make mistakes. The book is written in an easy-to-follow and understandable way. Perfect for anyone battling perfectionism that is causing you to struggle in areas of your life.

Helpful, Empowering, and Eye-Opening

From Perfectionism to Happiness offers a refreshingly practical approach to breaking free from the cycle of constant pressure.

Claudia Turcotte balances insight and action, helping you understand how perfectionism shows up in everyday life, and more importantly, how to break the cycle.

I appreciated how it focused not just on managing stress, but also on building healthier relationships and practicing self-compassion without feeling like you have to change overnight.

The exercises are helpful and not cheesy, and the mindset shifts feel achievable, not overwhelming.

If you’re ready to step away from unrealistic expectations and find a more balanced, happier way to live, this is a thoughtful and empowering guide.