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Thomas Curran - Are we trying too hard to live perfect lives?
Live Long and Master Aging
English - March 04, 2019 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsHealth & Fitness Science longevity health aging life lifespan diet exercise elderly fitness food Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
How many times have you checked your ‘likes' or searched for positive feedback in your social media feed today? Perhaps you’re the kind of person who always strives to be perfect and feels deflated when you fail to live up to your own expectations. What about being judged by others for not achieving your full potential? Perfectionism, says Dr. Thomas Curran, is “everyone’s perfect flaw.” Dr. Curran, an assistant professor in the Department for Health at the University of Bath, studies the personality characteristic of perfectionism, how it develops, and its impact on mental health. If we all relaxed a bit or stopped being hard on ourselves, would our lives be better? In this LLAMA podcast interview , recorded at TEDMED, Dr. Curran explains why he believes perfectionism can be harmful and the impact, he says, social media is having on our relationships and self-worth.
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