Why Your Goals and Expectations Are Stressing You Out

How to avoid the expectation vs. reality gap

Mary Beth Hazeldine
Better Humans
Published in
5 min readJul 30, 2022

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Have you ever had a goal or expectation that was unrealistic? Did not achieving it make you miserable? Why do goals and expectations cause us so much stress?

As a coach and therapist, I have realized that so much of the disappointment, frustration, and stress my clients…

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