When the domineering, the harsh, mean voice in your head is pushing you to be perfect, talk back!! What we consider to be our problems and our flaws are opportunities to be liberated from the craziness of perfectionism. Self-compassion is the antidote to perfectionism and frees us to be fully, joyfully, in the flesh human!
Below is a link to a video of Krista Tippett presenting on the topic of " a linguistic resurrection for reconnecting with compassion" to the United Nations, well worth your 18 minutes!
http://blog.onbeing.org/post/3401777593