The Epidemic of Productivity-Based Self-worth

As I lay there in a darkened room, on a yoga mat surrounded by 10 other people immersed in their own breath, I felt the weight of so many years of perfectionism. With every breath I pulled in and released, I could feel my mind fighting against itself — you’re not doing it right, you’re supposed to do it faster, why can’t you get this right?, if you’re not going to do it right why do it at all? It was in these…