Thank you Vitale for being on the People On Dating Podcast
About Vitale
Vitale is a top leadership consultant, architect of corporate culture, and believes that “who we are is how we lead.” She brings her training and concepts to life in a fun and relatable way, empowering teams and companies to transform the way they work, produce, and relate. Vitale is an iPEC-certified executive coach, trainer, award-winning speaker, and author. Featured in The New York Times, she is the author of the book, Addicted to Perfect, detailing her struggle with perfectionism and how she overcame it.
Change Agent
Vitale considers herself a change agent – working with organizations and leaders to transform their workplace cultures and leadership environments.She does this through intensive team trainings, strategic advisory, workshops, keynotes, culture change initiatives, and leadership coaching. Before starting her own business, Vitale spent 14 years impacting culture change and working in marketing and business development for a variety of industries and professional service organizations. Vitale loves traveling, Fleetwood Mac, morning walks, and lives in Kentucky with her husband, son, and dog.
ABOUT OUR CEO'S CONNECTION TO PERFECTIONISM AND HER WHY
Perfectionism runs deep for me. I grew up in a household where perfectionism was indirectly encouraged – I received praise for the perfect grades, the perfect extracurriculars, and the perfect outside image. I quickly learned that if I looked good on the outside, then I was worthy.
The Negative Side Of Perfectionism
I carried this coping mechanism with me into college and when I was a junior, I was introduced to the prescription stimulant Adderall. It was the “perfect drug” for me. I carried on for 10 years addicted to Adderall, because I thought it made me perfect – I could work 28-hour days and thrive in my corporate career, and I could maintain a slim figure and body image. This worked for me until it didn’t. When I was 31, a series of events happened (you can read all about it in my memoir, Addicted to Perfect), and I finally came to grips with my addiction. I realized I couldn’t live the rest of my life this way and I drove myself to inpatient rehab.
Working On Myself
Since that day nearly eight years ago, I’ve been doing the deep inner work to understand my insecurities, coping mechanisms, and my many layers. Through this inner work, I found that my real issue was perfectionism – and my Adderall addiction was just a symptom. I started looking into perfectionism and found that there was little to no information out there about it. So, I started creating my own. I created programs and content about it – and I knew having some research behind my programs would be powerful. I also wanted the world to know about perfectionism so they could learn to thrive without it.
Perfectionism held me back – I thought it was the way to success, but it was blocking me. I’m so grateful you have visited this page, and I cannot wait to connect with you to help your leaders and your organization overcome perfectionism.
You can learn more about my complete story by reading my memoir, Addicted to Perfect.
Vitale's Wisdoms
- 92% Struggle with Perfectionism
- 70% Effect relationships
- Controlling your environment
- Setting boundaries
- Being self aware
- And much more..........
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Links From The Podcast
- vitale@vitaleandco.com
- 256.348.2055
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- https://www.instagram.com/vitalebufordhardin/
- https://vitaleandco.com/
- peopleondating@gmail.com
- @willmoralesPod (Youtube)
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____________________________________________________Book(s) Recommended
- Addicted to Perfect- Vitale Buford
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