{"podcast":{"title":"The Healthy Compulsive Project","slug":"the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244","podcast_index_feed_id":6461244,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-healthy-compulsive-project","website_url":"http://www.thehealthycompulsive.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3Z4FrNTtaHlK27t8brtqmxn006G2uLEJu-MYwaFMU0A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzMTY0LzE2ODkw/MDgwMzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Gary Trosclair","episode_count":116,"summary":"For six years The Healthy Compulsive Project has been offering information, insight and inspiration for OCPD, obsessive-compulsive personality, perfectionism, micro-managers and Type A personality. Anyone who’s ever been known to overwork, overplan, overcontrol or overanalyze is welcome here, where the obsessive-compulsive personality is explored and harnessed to deliver what it was originally meant to deliver. Join psychotherapist, Jungian psychoanalyst and author Gary Trosclair as he delves into the pitfalls and potential of the driven personality with an informative, positive, and often playful approach to this sometimes-vexing character style.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T18:17:16.926055+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 113: 6 Reasons Perfectionists Struggle to Change","slug":"ep-113-6-reasons-perfectionists-struggle-to-change","published_at":"2026-04-29T11:09:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/ep-113-6-reasons-perfectionists-struggle-to-change","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/efe20aaf","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/efe20aaf/bacaa4a6.mp3","summary":"For people who are stubbornly perfectionistic, obsessive and compulsive, change can be hard to come by. Particular personality traits that can be positive can also manifest negatively. In this post we explore six of the main blocks to change, including, avoidance motivation, impatience, magnifying difficulties, unrealistic goals, being too cerebral, and clinging to the safe benefits of old ways.","meta_description":"For people who are stubbornly perfectionistic, obsessive and compulsive, change can be hard to come by. Particular personality traits that can be positive…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1319,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/episodes/ep-113-6-reasons-perfectionists-struggle-to-change/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/ep-113-6-reasons-perfectionists-struggle-to-change.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}