In this penultimate episode of Chapter One, Candice is calling out the one thing keeping you from moving into the life you've been building, perfectionism.

Using the metaphor of a house that's been renovated but never moved into, Candice breaks down why "snagging" (obsessively nitpicking every last detail of your life’s rebuild) is really just procrastination wearing a designer outfit. She shares her own experience - from the early days of this very podcast launching with sound only coming out of one ear, to the nine episodes it took to finally get blackout blinds - as proof that you learn by doing, not by waiting until everything is perfect.

This episode covers:

• Why perfectionism is a safety net, not a standard
• How to know when enough is enough, on your own terms
• The guilt of silence after chaos and why calm feels so foreign
• Practicing completion over perfection
• How to celebrate wins without immediately moving the goalposts

Candice's reminder this week: You don't need to fix your life in order to feel like you deserve to live in it.

Note: After next week's Episode 10, Conversations with Candice is taking a 3–4 week break. Use the time to sit with everything from this chapter and actually move in.

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