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If you’re exhausted from being perfect at work, yet paralyzed when it comes to speaking up for what you want…
It’s time to
Discover the Courage To Be Imperfect
You’ve spent your whole life being the hardest worker, the problem solver, the one who always keeps the peace.
And you’re terrified that wanting something for yourself makes you selfish
CONFUSed
You’ve spent so long being what everyone else wants, that even if you did know what you wanted, it would feel impossible to achieve as well as selfish!
EXHAUSTED
You’re tired of working harder than everyone else, and watching less qualified people get ahead. You’re exhausted from being the reliable one, the problem solver, the one who never complains – and getting nothing in return
FROZEN
You have a dream but your’re terrified to voice it out loud. What if people laugh? Or you fail? What if wanting something for yourself proves you’re as selfish as you’ve always feared?
Right now, you’re stuck in an impossible position:
At work, you’re overlooked despite doing all the heavy lifting. Less experienced and qualified people get promoted while you stay quiet, say yes to everything, and carry the load without complaint.
The real cost? That dream you have – the one you’re too afraid to voice – stays locked inside. You’re exhausted, resentful and watching your one precious life pass you by, while you make everyone else happy.
The longer you wait to believe you’re worthy, the longer you’ll stay stuck.
Because here’s the truth: You don’t need to feel worthy first. You need to act your way into self-worth.
You’re not Broken – You’re Brilliant!
The strategies that kept you safe as a child – people-pleasing, perfectionism, making yourself invisible – weren’t failures. They were creative survival strategies that got you through impossible situations.
You were resourceful, resilient and determined, courageous enough to figure out exactly what you needed to do to survive.
But what kept you safe then is keeping you stuck now.
You don’t need to be fixed. You need to update your ‘operating system’: the rulebook of how to be you and survive, to honour what your younger self achieved, while choosing something different for the life you want now.
I’m Kim Lee-Own and I understand this pattern intimately – because I help professional women just like you, break free from it every day.
With an MA in Coaching and a Diploma in Adlerian Counselling, I combine therapeutic depth with practical coaching to help you move from invisible perfectionist to someone who says yes to herself.
I know that real change doesn’t come from positive thinking or waiting until you feel ready. It comes from taking small, imperfect, courageous steps – and discovering you can:
- Survive disappointing people,
- Have needs (and fulfil them)
- Being seen
- Have a voice.
Working together, we will discover your unique operating system (your rulebook) and how to make tiny achievable adjustments that get you the changes and transformation you wish for.
Discovering The Courage To Be Imperfect
This is my framework for transformation. Here’s how we’ll work together.
- We will explore and understand your pattern. (Your operating system). You’ll see clearly how your survival strategies – being perfect, pleasing everyone, staying invisible – made sense then but are costing you now.
- We build your courage through action not affirmations or waiting to feel worthy or confident first. Through small, imperfect steps, that prove to you that your needs matter too.
- You say yes to yourself, even when you’re scared. Even when it’s messy. Even before you fully believe you deserve it. Because the sky won’t fall – and you’ll discover you had the courage all along.
What to do next:
Book your discovery call.
Let’s talk about where you’re stuck and how discovering the courage to be imperfect can help you claim space for yourself, give voice to your own dreams.
This isn’t about getting it right (or perfect). It’s about saying yes to yourself.
What you’ll avoid
Without this work you’ll stay:
❌ Exhausted from being the perfect one who does all the work.
❌ Overlooked and undervalued despite your contributions.
❌ Unable to voice what you want or to advocate for yourself.
❌ Frozen by the fear of disappointing others.
❌ Seeing less qualified people claim what you’re too afraid to ask for
❌ Stuck in resentment, wondering “When is it my turn?”
What you’ll achieve
With this work, you’ll discover:
✅ You can disappoint people and survive it.
✅ Your needs matter as much as everyone elses.
✅ You don’t need permission to want something for yourself.
✅ Being imperfect doesn’t make you worthless. It makes you human
✅ You can start before you’re ready and figure it out as you go.
✅ The courage to be seen and have a voice was inside you all along
The Courage To Be Imperfect Means Permission to:
🙋🏽♀️ Say YES to yourself
🙋🏻 Start before you’re ready
🙋🏾 Mess up and survive it
🙋♀️ Have needs
🙋🏾 Disappoint people
🙋🏿♀️ Be seen
It’s not about getting it right. It’s about saying yes to yourself – even when you’re scared, even when it’s messy, even before you fully believe you deserve it.
Because the sky doesn’t fall. And you discover you had the courage all along. ♥️
Ready to discover the courage to be imperfect?
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