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.
Episodes
19 episodes
Season 1 Finale of Let Perfect Burn
Only 9 months ago now, I was leaving a psychiatric hospital, the moment in my life that inspired me to create this podcast. The laughter and the joy during these months on Let Perfect Burn were moments where my depression lightened, because I f...
Transforming the Good Girl, With Licensed Master Social Worker & Transformational Coach, Teddy Frank
Teddy Frank is a Licensed Master Social Worker, a Reichian Psychotherapist with a love for leadership facilitation and coaching in the corporate arena. Teddy works locally with scientists from Colorado State University that are looking at diver...
A Time to Burn, With Author, Artist & Educator, Christine Hamel
In this episode, I sit down with Christine Hamel, an artist, educator and author the book, Sounding Bodies: Identity, Injustice, and the Voice. Before she landed where she is, she studied art, critical theory, English, classical voice, and oper...
Every Day A Little Death, With Actor, Singer, Musician & Songwriter, Eleri Ward
In this episode, I sit down with actor, singer, musician & songwriter, Eleri Ward. And if you have been listening to Let Perfect Burn, then you have heard Eleri's incredible voice and her soulful original music. This ...
I Am Not Just One Thing, With Artist, Musician & Educator, Paige Clark Perkinson
In this episode, I talk with Artist, Musician and Educator, Paige Clark Perkinson. Paige was a working actor, when she decided to start her family. She talks about her struggles with anxiety and depression while her son was still in her belly, ...
Abandon the 'Shoulds' with Writer, Creative & Book Coach, Emily Krempholtz
In this episode, I sit down with Emily Krempholtz, a writer, creator, and an all-around amazing human that I have the pleasure of calling my book coach as I write my memoir. In her interview, she takes us through her life going from doing what ...
To Sit With Grief, With Sr. Communications Manager for Experience Camps for Grieving Children, Michelle Cove
In this episode, I sit down with the wildly funny, authentic-as-hell Michelle Cove, the Senior Communications Manager for Experience Camps for Grieving Children. When Michelle was 20 years old, she lost her father. She continued by living in a ...
Get That Sh*t Out, With Comedian, Antonia Lassar
Comedian Antonia Lassar self-identifies as 60% Jewish, 30% Chronic Illness and 10% Bisexual chaos and recently their standup addressed embracing the term disabled. “Prior to this, I was like, ‘Yes, I’m exhausted all the time. Yes, when I lie do...
Universal Ethical Love: Poly and Self-Attached, With Whole Body Coach, Alyssa Keegan
In this episode, I speak with Whole Body Coach, Alyssa Keegan. Growing up in rural Michigan, Alyssa Keegan was working as a professional actor and voiceover artist. Alyssa got married and had a son, identifying during that period of their life ...
My Body, Now Free, With Body Liberation Coach, Hannah Husband
In this episode, I speak with Hannah Husband, who started her career as a personal trainer. In the process of interviewing dozens of clients, she found that every single woman had the goal of losing weight. It didn’t matter if she was a size 0 ...
The Thrill of The Air, With Commerical Pilot and Flight Instructor, Alicia Hunt
In this episode, I sit down with Alicia Hunt, a Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor. Before becoming a pilot, Alicia had a 13 year career in film, commercial work and theatre in Los Angeles. Alicia found she could never stop looking for her ...
Light from the Bottom, With Writer, Producer and Founder of Sober Sallys, Alex Highsmith
In this episode, I sit down with the insanely brave, Alex Highsmith. She is a writer, producer and company member of Don, Pat & Tom, a multimedia company. Inspired by her own sobriety journe...
What's Left of Me, With Interior Designer & Mother of a Neurodivergent Child, Kate Eckstein
In this week's episode, I sit down with Kate Eckstein, of Kate Eckstein Design. Kate left the corporate world to realize her dream of owning her own interior design business. When she began her company, she had become the mother of two small ch...
Wildest Dreams at My Back, With Actor, Director & Educator, Cloteal L. Horne
In this week's episode of Let Perfect Burn, I sit down with Cloteal L. Horne— an actor, a director and an educator who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Cloteal's most recent work was in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye a...
A Place to Exhale, With Yogi, Teacher and Co-Owner of LPY Yoga, Lorraine Shedoudi
In this week's episode of Let Perfect Burn, I sit down with Lorraine Shedoudi— a yogi, a yoga teacher and the co-owner of LPY Yoga with studios in Lexington, Woburn and Burlington, Massachusetts. One of Lorraine's greatest passions is ...
Still Here, With Award-Winning Mental Health Advocate, Liz Sweigart, PhD
In honor of National Suicide Prevention Month, I sit down with Liz Sweigart, an Award-Winning Mental Health Advocate, former PwC Partner, Author, Keynote Speaker, Advisor, Coach and Adjunct Professor. Liz understands to her core that the only ...
All the Beautiful Pieces with Sex Therapist, Sarah Tomakich
In this week's episode of Let Perfect Burn, I sit down with Sarah Tomakich, a Licensed Sex Therapist. Sarah learned to fly airplanes as a young woman in her attempt to escape her home of origin. Later in her life, Sarah's divorce broug...
Vulnerable by Choice with Boudoir Photographer, Caroline Talbot
In this episode of Let Perfect Burn, I sit down with boudoir photographer, Caroline Talbot, of Caroline Talbot Studios. Her clients are women who want to reclaim their bodies, typically after a significant life event: marriage,...