YOUR PERFECTIONISM TROLL IS…..
BUSY RUSHMORE III

Name: Busy Rushmore III
Age: 500 (that’s 2,000 in troll years).
Superpower: Multi-tasking! A natural born killer of to-do lists.
Weakness: Afraid to stop and smell the roses.

Okay, hustler! I see you throwing yourself from one task to another like the busy bee you are! And no wonder; the perfectionism troll that lives in your brain is ALL about rushing. 

Busy is their name and convincing you that your productivity equals your worth is their game. It’s not their fault, though. They just want to keep you safe. And for Busy, safe = doing the most to prove yourself so you can receive the validation you sincerely deserve.

The only problem is, you know deep down (despite what this lil’ troll tells you) that busy is NOT a status symbol. You know that when you hear that internal voice saying “I simply don’t have the time to be creative!” that it’s just Busy, expressing a little fear of change and clueing you in to the fact that the hyper-frenetic social programming that discourages rest and play is a SCAM.

Sure, most of us ARE quite busy. But there’s a difference between fulfilling our obligations and actively deprioritising creativity (as in telling your story and making your stuff so you can change the goddamn world) because you’re scared of slowing down. You get me?

“Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” — Anon

Ready to tame your perfectionism troll? Here’s a couple of practices you can try today.

1. Says who? There are no two words in the english language more powerful than these: “says who?” The next time Busy Rushmore the head troll tries to tell you you’re too busy to explore your creativity, or that you don’t get to express yourself until you’ve “earned” it—just ask them “says who?” Busy gets a little embarrassed when you call them out on their bullshit. It should keep them quiet for a while.

2. Work it. As a gullible little troll, Busy is easily tricked into creative expression when you frame it as a form of “work”. So try making creativity and play your daily duty. Even if it’s only for two minutes a day, to start. Schedule it in your Google Cal and treat it with ~all~ the seriousness of a v. important work meeting. Because it is that serious.

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF

Oh, hi there! 👋 My name’s Jerico Mandybur.

I’m a best-selling author, writer, creativity coach, and tarot witch. And my mission is to help people like you to unlearn perfectionism, release their cringe, and unlock their unique creative expression—so they can tell their story, make their stuff, and change the goddamn world. *:·ﾟ✧

Think you could be next? Me too TBH...

After spending a decade working in journalism and media at a leadership level—at some of the coolest brands and publications on the planet—I decided to turn my tireless imagination into a career in creativity! Now I use proven coaching methods (combined with a little witchcraft) to help my clients launch businesses, write books, rekindle old passion projects (and kickstart new ones!), find their voice, and share their story with the world. I’ve worked with healers, poets, NGO workers, therapists, writers, entrepreneurs, musicians, and mavericks from all walks of life who needed support in navigating perfectionism and its various manifestations (looking at you procrastination and self-sabotage!) so they can get out of their own way and use their gifts.  🎉

Give me a call, and I’ll talk you through your options—whether it be my celebrated private coaching series, Come Alive, or a magical intuitive tarot reading to inspire your passion and light your path.

Either way, get ready! It’s time to put your perfectionism troll in its place and make life your creative playground. Let’s help you revolutionise limiting beliefs and reprogram your relationship to creating stuff so you can vision freely, express brazenly, and be the oracle of your own life.

ABOUT MY SIGNATURE FRAMEWORK…

Every coaching client that works with me is guided through a bespoke, self-directed journey of creative expression—whether they’re making something, building something, saying something, or something else entirely. And that’s intentional! Because we creative visionaries, trouble-makers, and weirdos aren’t good with rules. Hell, we hate being told what to do!

And hand on heart, I can promise you I’ll never do that to you. What I will do, is guide you through my signature framework, designed to offer you a safe container within which to explore anything and everything that yearns to be released through you. 

The essential framework: 

♡ POWER 

Why power? Because we’ve been taught that it’s a dirty word. And there are no coincidences. We’ve been cut off from our worth in the capitalist, white supremacist West. And without a sense of our wholeness; a true core worth, we’re much more placid. Well pardon my French but FUCK THAT. Your power is your birthright. It’s innate. It’s dignified. It’s infinite. And it can never be taken away from you. Acknowledging—and stepping into—your power is the first step to uncovering your most deeply held values. And letting them guide your creativity and your life.

♡ PRESENCE 

Call it presence, call it awareness or mindfulness—just call on it! In my signature framework, your presence is the articulation of your power in daily life. It’s your sense of “something greater”. Your spiritual connection, expressed in all your create. Understanding your divinity and your preciousness means letting every moment, however mundane, be a portal to the imagination and a doorway to greater awareness. The mindful present is where all potentiality lies. It’s where the best art is made—when we allow ourselves to simply BE and let creativity flow through us.

♡ PLAY

Play is often seen as silly. As frivolous or purposeless. But did you know that deprived of play, we get depressed? In my framework, play isn’t something you do despite oppression and dominant programming; it’s how you overcome it. Your play is both personal resilience and political resistance. Your pleasure is a reclamation. Your self-expression is a gift to yourself and everyone else around you. When we play, we experience and express joy. We allow ourselves to gleefully rip up the rulebook and collage the pieces with glitter glue. Play is about waking up everyday knowing you deserve to feel inspired, creative, full of vitality, and ready to express yourself, make stuff, and change the goddamn world doing it.

In working with me, you’ll explore all aspects of my signature framework. From setting commitments, uncovering your true values, discovering what lights you up, forging a path towards the most meaningful creative expression for you, and taking ridiculously small steps towards gradual, sustainable change.

I’m in your corner 100%. Let’s make some magic together.

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