Episode 13

How to Stop Perfectionism & Find Clarity with Soulful Discernment

Published on: 17th September, 2025

Episode Summary

In this soul-centered episode, Rev. MK explores the difference between perfectionism (fear in disguise) and discernment (clear, values-aligned wisdom). You’ll learn how to spot perfectionism’s tells: people-pleasing, comparison, approval-chasing, and all-or-nothing control and replace them with a grounded practice that leads to wise action. You’ll also get MK’s original 3×3 Discernment Framework (Ask • Feel • Choose) to make aligned choices without paralysis.

Programming note: In keeping with the episode’s theme (and some real-life discernment behind the scenes!), this episode dropped Wednesday instead of our regular Tuesday release.

Topics

  • What discernment is (and isn’t): clear water vs. over-stirred mud
  • Perfectionism’s “twenty-ton shield” and how it freezes momentum
  • Virgo’s hidden gift: intuition-in-the-details
  • The 3×3 Discernment Framework (Ask values/clarity/collective; Feel breath/shoulders/gut; Choose Yes/Not Now/No—with love)

Memorable Quote

“Perfectionism freezes. Discernment frees.”

Resources Mentioned

  • Anne Lamott ~ on perfectionism as “the voice of the oppressor”
  • Brené Brown ~ on the “twenty-ton shield” of perfectionism
  • Julia Cameron ~ The Artist’s Way on how perfectionism strangles creativity
  • Harriet Braiker ~ excellence motivates vs. perfection demoralizes
  • C. H. Spurgeon ~ discernment as right vs. almost right
  • Chanakya ~ staying present as the ground of wise choice
  • The 3×3 Discernment Framework (by Rev. MK) ~ will be shared on the blog this Thursday

Continuing the Conversation

The blog for Episode 13 drops Thursday and will include the downloadable 3×3 framework and any other goodies noted in this episode.

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Host: Meghan “RevMK” Mitchell ~ interfaith minister, coach educator, and mystic mentor helping soulful skeptics reclaim practical magic in everyday life.

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About the Podcast

Magical Soulutions: Mindful Living & Everyday Spirituality
Unlocking your soul's magic, one soulbeat at a time
Magical Soulutions™ is the podcast for soulful seekers, sacred misfits, and quietly bold humans walking the in-between. Host Meghan Mitchell weaves story, soul wisdom, and practical magic to help you come home to yourself — one soul beat and sacred remembering at a time. Whether you’re exploring intuition, grief, purpose, or your own spiritual messiness, this space offers grounded, soulful guidance for living a life aligned with your inner truth.

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Meghan Mitchell

Rev. MK — short for Reverend Meghan Mitchell — is a board-certified multidimensional coach, metaphysician, lifelong soulpreneur, and the visionary behind Magical Soulutions™.

With one foot in the mystical and one in the practical, she blends ancient wisdom, evidence-based coaching, and soulful storytelling to help others remember the magic that’s already within.

MK is known for her real talk, radical compassion, and irreverently reverent approach to healing, growth, and spiritual self-discovery. Living with invisible disabilities like ADHD and PTSD, she brings both lived experience and spiritual insight to every episode.

This podcast is her love letter to the misfits, magic-seekers, deep-feelers, and beautifully rebellious souls who are ready to rise — rooted, real, and radiant.