For perfectionists · by Dr Michaela Dunbar

An app for perfectionists. For when good enough never feels it.

High standards got you here. The inner critic is what is wearing you out. My Easy Therapy helps you notice the pressure, settle it, and speak to yourself the way you would to a friend.

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The daily check-in in the app: which feels closest right now?

Sound familiar?

If this sounds like you, you are in the right place.

  • You redo things that were already fine.
  • Praise slides off, but criticism stays for weeks.
  • You put things off until you can do them perfectly.
  • Resting feels like falling behind.
  • You are kinder to everyone else than you are to yourself.

In simple terms

The short answer, and why it happens.

Perfectionism is often a way of staying safe from criticism or failure, which is why it rarely switches off when the work is done. My Easy Therapy, created by Clinical Psychologist Dr Michaela Dunbar, helps you work with that pattern every day: Iris to question the inner critic’s story, Regulate for the pressure that builds before a deadline or after a mistake, and Daily Calm to start from steadier ground. It is everyday support, not therapy.

Why high standards turn into pressure

Caring about doing things well is a strength. It becomes perfectionism when anything less than perfect feels unsafe: mistakes replay for days, praise slides off, and rest feels like falling behind.

Underneath is usually an alert nervous system and a critic that thinks it is protecting you. Pushing harder feeds both.

Self-compassion is not lowering the bar

Research on self-compassion suggests that people who speak to themselves kindly after a setback tend to recover and try again more readily, not less. Kindness is what makes high standards sustainable.

The app makes that a daily practice rather than an idea: a few minutes of calm, a tool for the pressure spike, and a place to question the critic.

Inside the app

Quiet the critic. Keep the standards.

Support for the pressure before, the replay after, and the voice in between.

Shown in the app’s light theme
  • 01

    Iris

    When the inner critic starts, Iris helps you hear the story it is telling, and what you would say to a friend in the same spot. AI, not a therapist.

    Iris
  • Regulate in the app: the Interactive tab, the category grid, then Pace the Bloom
    02

    Regulate

    For the tight chest before a deadline or the replay after a mistake: a short guided practice that brings the pressure down.

    Regulate
  • The daily check-in in the app: which feels closest right now?
    03

    Check-ins & your garden

    An honest daily check-in, with no streak to break and no score to beat.

    Your garden
  • After the check-in: your calm is ready, with the garden growing
    04

    Daily Calm

    A few guided minutes a day that ask nothing of you to get right.

    Daily Calm
  • An example Neuro-Sensitivity Profile wheel in the app
    05

    Neuro-Sensitivity Profile™

    See where pressure lands in your system and what helps you recover. Not a diagnosis.

    The profile
  • 06

    The library

    Includes Inner Critic Clearout, Overcoming Productivity Anxiety and How To Stop Procrastinating.

    The library

My Easy Therapy supports emotional regulation and wellbeing. It is not therapy, a diagnosis, or a substitute for professional mental health care.

How it fits your day

A day with high standards and a kinder voice.

  1. 01

    Morning

    Check in and do your Daily Calm: something you cannot get wrong.

  2. 02

    Before you hit send

    When the pressure peaks, take a short Regulate practice instead of one more round of edits.

  3. 03

    After a mistake

    Talk it through with Iris instead of replaying it on your own.

Try it

Try it before you join. This is the actual app.

Not a video, not a mock-up: the same screens members use, running right here. Nothing you do is saved.

Answer today’s check-in the way members do, and watch your calm get ready as the garden grows.

The real app · nothing you tap is saved

From the library, included

Go deeper when you want to. Included with membership.

Programmes and masterclasses for exactly this, in the app’s library. Or buy any one on its own, once, to keep.

  • 7-day challenge

    7 daily sessions and challenge worksheets

    Inner Critic Clearout

    A 7-day challenge for softening self-criticism and building a more supportive inner voice.

    Included while you’re a My Easy Therapy memberOr buy it once and keep it:$45
  • 1 masterclass video and 1 workbook

    Overcoming Productivity Anxiety

    Step out of the pressure–avoidance cycle and work with more steadiness, with Clinical Psychologist Dr Sophie Mort.

    Included while you’re a My Easy Therapy memberOr buy it once and keep it:$35
  • 1 masterclass video, 1 practical workbook and presentation slides

    How To Stop Procrastinating

    Understand what is underneath avoidance and make starting feel easier, with Productivity Coach Grace Brodeur.

    Included while you’re a My Easy Therapy memberOr buy it once and keep it:$35
  • 14-day challenge

    5 expert videos and a 14-day challenge with 4 supporting tools · 2 hr 23 min

    Stop Self-Sabotage

    A focused 14-day challenge for replacing avoidance and self-defeating habits with workable action.

    Included while you’re a My Easy Therapy memberOr buy it once and keep it:$89

Who made it

Designed by a psychologist. Built for the life you actually have.

Dr Michaela Dunbar, Clinical Psychologist and founder of My Easy Therapy

Dr Michaela Dunbar is an NHS-trained, HCPC-registered Chartered Clinical Psychologist and the author of You’ve Got This (Penguin). She knows the capable-outside, overthinking-inside pattern from the inside, and built My Easy Therapy as the daily support she wished she’d had, without the waiting list.

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Members’ words

In their own words. Not typical results, just real ones.

  • “I got good feedback but the best is that I managed to stay calm on stage and I feel proud of myself.”

    Stage confidence
  • “I graduated with my Masters degree last weekend! This program changed me so much for the better!”

    Masters graduation
  • “I had a phenomenal week! I’ve done so much work to start regulating myself... I carried myself like a queen through all of it! This week was an experience of “levelling up” from doing the work!”

    Levelling up

Members’ own words, shared anonymously · personal experiences, not typical results

Membership

One price. Everything included.

Monthly

$27per month

Everything included. Cancel any time in the app; access runs to the end of the month you paid for.

AnnualSave $45

$279per year

Everything included, and $45 less than paying monthly for a year.

Paid at checkout. There is no free trial, so your first payment is covered by a 14-day money-back guarantee.

Every plan includes
  • Daily Calm, a few guided minutes every day
  • Regulate, for the moments it’s too much
  • Iris, your private reflective companion
  • Daily check-ins and your garden
  • Your Neuro-Sensitivity Profile™
  • Every programme, masterclass and yoga collection
  • Coaching calls and WhatsApp support

Prices in US dollars · works in any browser · cancel any time

Questions

Questions, answered honestly.

It can help you practise noticing the pressure, settling your body when it builds, and answering the inner critic more kindly. Those are skills built through repetition, so a short daily practice tends to help more than occasional big efforts. Experiences vary.

No. The aim is to keep caring about doing things well while making mistakes less costly to you. Most people find they can do good work for longer when the critic is quieter.

Perfectionism and anxiety often appear together, but perfectionism itself is a pattern, not a diagnosis. If it is affecting your health, sleep or relationships, please speak to a qualified professional. My Easy Therapy supports emotional regulation and wellbeing. It is not therapy, a diagnosis, or a substitute for professional mental health care.

No. Iris is an AI-supported companion for reflection: it can help you slow down, name what is happening and choose a next step, and like any AI it can get things wrong. It is not a therapist or a crisis service. If you are struggling to cope, contact your GP or a crisis line in your country.

Keep the standards, lose the pressure

Join My Easy Therapy for a few minutes of daily calm, a tool for the pressure spike, and somewhere to question the critic.

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Before you go

You are not broken.

You’re overloaded, over-responsible and under-supported. Build emotional skills that match the size of your life.

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