Present Perfect, Pavel Somov, PhD
Present Perfect, Pavel Somov, PhD
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Present Perfect
A Mindfulness Approach to Letting Go of Perfectionism and the Need for Control

Author: Pavel Somov, PhD

Narrator: Stephen Bowlby

Unabridged: 6 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/12/2022


Synopsis

While there's no doubt that setting high standards for yourself is a good thing, you've probably already noticed that perfectionism can come at a high price. And when you take steps to try to change, it's easy to be too hard on yourself and fall into the same traps that keep you feeling stressed and disappointed. This book presents a revolutionary approach to overcoming perfectionism—a way to transform your need for precision into self-acceptance, compassion, and love for each perfectly imperfect passing moment in our lives.

In Present Perfect, you'll use the Buddhist psychology of mindfulness to learn to accept the present moment in all of its ordinary perfection. This book is filled with over 150 exercises and meditations that you can practice to become more flexible toward yourself and others without losing your love of a job well done. With this compassionate approach, you'll soon be able not only to accept life as it is, but also become more accepting and forgiving of yourself and others.

About Pavel Somov, PhD

Pavel Somov, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After serving in the Soviet military and completing his undergraduate degree at Moscow State Pedagogical University, he immigrated to the United States to pursue a career in psychology. He received his doctorate from State University of New York at Buffalo. Somov is author of Eating the Moment, Present Perfect, Smoke Break and The Lotus Effect.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth on March 15, 2025

This book takes you beyond all the head knowledge to living with a constant awareness of God’s presence. So helpful for me!......more

Goodreads review by Karen on April 09, 2024

Very enlightening and inspiring. I had never heard of the spiritual discipline of practicing the presence of God before. It feels very challenging to literally take every moment captive, to think of every person, even murderers, as loved children of God, and to think in terms of "we" (Jesus and myse......more

Goodreads review by JD on February 02, 2022

Since reading Brother Lawrence and Frank Laubach I’ve been interested in living in moment-by-moment communion with God. Boyd’s book was a welcome companion on this journey.......more

Goodreads review by Sunflower on May 09, 2010

I was both humbled and enthralled with Gregory A. Boyd's perspective about having a living, breathing relationship with our Heavenly Father that wasn't boxed in, legalistic or filled with "Need to do" or "To do", but instead, about the fact, it's not about living and experiencing our Father yesterda......more

Goodreads review by Tanner on May 16, 2022

"The present moment is all that is real. The past is gone. The future is not yet. We remember the past and anticipate the future, but we always do so in the present. Reality is always now. And the single most important aspect of reality is that God is present in it every moment. To forget that God i......more