{"id":67327,"date":"2023-05-23T18:02:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T10:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindvalley.com\/?p=67327"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:21:55","slug":"embrace-your-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindvalley.com\/blog\/embrace-your-flaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness comes when you embrace your flaws\u2014here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Remember that scene in Mean Girls<\/em> where the Plastics look at themselves in the mirror and criticize every little \u201cflaw\u201d? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy pores are huge<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy hairline is weird.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have really bad breath in the morning<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s something many of us do. And the (unfortunate) truth of the matter is, in today\u2019s world, it\u2019s way, way, way too easy to get caught up in the pursuit of perfection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the question is, does it make you any happier? Would it be so bad to embrace your flaws?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe that in our contemporary world, our obsession with perfectionism is exactly the thing that leads us to the dark side<\/em>,\u201d says Kristina M\u00e4nd-Lakhiani<\/strong>, the co-founder of Mindvalley and author of Becoming Flawesome: The Key to Living an Imperfectly Authentic Life<\/em>. \u201cBecause anything that doesn\u2019t correspond to the picture of the best version of \u2018me\u2019 is so hard to face<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To face the realities of what you hope to be in your head versus who you actually are is really hard. But your flaws (or “dragons,\u201d as Kristina likes to call them), hands down, are what make you unique and interesting. Embracing them can lead you to far more moments of happiness than seeking perfection ever could. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why should you embrace your flaws?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s get one thing straight: flaws are beautiful. And we all have our quirks, unique features, and our own special brand of weirdness, and that\u2019s what makes us humans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEmbrace your flaws\u201d essentially means to accept you<\/em>\u2014all the good along with all the \u201cbad.\u201d And it takes a certain level of self-awareness<\/a> to do so. But when you do, several things happen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n