Let Perfect Burn

I'm Tara Beckett and I am a recovering perfectionist. Welcome to LET PERFECT BURN. For so long, the world saw me as a woman who proved there was nothing she couldn't do, nothing she couldn't achieve, nothing she couldn't hold. All the while, the woman inside of me was a mess. This woman inside felt rage, grief, emptiness, longing... I buried her deep in the ground. There, I figured, she would stay quiet. But in the Fall of 2021, something snapped. The woman I buried deep in the ground wanted out. And 24 hours a day, thoughts that I could not control because of a mental health crisis started hammering at me. Those thoughts of depression told me that the only way to escape the flooding of pain that had broken loose was to end my own life. When I came out of the hospital, I knew I needed to reclaim my own voice. I created this podcast in the hopes of bringing women onto the show, not because they have figured it all out, but because they have or are currently facing crossroads of their own. The women you will hear may be trying to release themselves from perfectionism. They may be grappling with their own personal growth born out of grief or upheaval. They may have a story to tell about letting their authentic self come out, and what they have won and what they have lost in the process. And it is my hope, that in all of the voices you hear, you find a moment here or there that makes you feel seen, and heard. And gives you hope. And makes you believe, that when you let perfect burn, what's left is really, really beautiful.

Host

Tara Beckett

Tara Beckett, a perfectionist, was used to putting her mind to something, attacking it, and ultimately, coming out victorious. Beckett's years of infertility and miscarriage was a shock to her system and slowly, Beckett lost her professional life and, herself. Finally, after the birth of her youngest child, Beckett restarted her photography business, but after only 1 gig, Covid-19 hit, closing her small business before it had a chance to walk again. When Beckett was faced, in isolation, with a diagnosis for her son that rocked her family's world, Beckett fell apart and was hospitalized with acute depression in the Fall of 2021. In recovery, Beckett started her podcast, Let Perfect Burn, with the mission to speak to women who have been blessed with a breaking point. Her hope is that listeners can see that when you let perfect burn, what's left can be really beautiful. Her memoir, A Perfectionist's Guide to Falling Apart, is slated for publication in 2023.