071 SelfWork: The Disease of Perfectionism
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2018
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Today’s topic is perfectionism. I call it a disease in the title because it can cause not only emotional and psychological problems when it’s out of control, but the stress of perfectionism can lead to illness and even suicide. I talked with a phenomenal expert on perfectionism last week, Dr. Gordon Flett, and I’ll have some […]
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| 0:00.0 | This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:13.0 | At self-work we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world and what to do about them. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Dr. Margaret and self-Work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to Self-Work. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:33.5 | I'm a clinical psychologist out of Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 0:36.6 | and I'm sitting here watching this gorgeous sunrise |
| 0:39.4 | over the Ozark Mountains. |
| 0:41.9 | And I'm just glad to be here with you today. I can't believe this is the 71st episode of self-work. |
| 0:47.0 | I began this podcast last year because I wanted to extend the walls of my practice to those who might be interested in therapy or be in therapy, |
| 0:56.0 | but also to those who just might be curious about what someone like me might have to say. |
| 1:01.0 | I've been a psychologist for over 25 years and I'm just |
| 1:05.2 | getting comfortable basically with all the things I still don't know and still don't |
| 1:08.9 | understand. I heard a great term the other day, the wisdom of insecurity, and I'm definitely following |
| 1:15.3 | through with that. |
| 1:17.3 | We're going to be talking about perfectionism today. |
| 1:20.1 | What are the fears involved with trying to be everything to everybody or your best never feels good enough? |
| 1:25.8 | It's very difficult. I know that I've struggled with it myself. |
| 1:29.3 | I did an interview this past week with a psychologist out of Canada. His name is Gordon Flett. I'm just |
| 1:35.6 | going to bring you a little bit of that interview. We're going to be talking about |
| 1:38.7 | how social media affects perfectionism and then of course what we always talk about what you can do about it. |
| 1:47.2 | Our last portion of the podcast will be an email from a listener as it is every week. This listener had listened to the |
| 1:53.7 | podcast on procrastination and wanted some guidance about how to motivate |
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