Ep 228. Imperfectionism, imposter syndrome and feeling behind with Oliver Burkeman

The Calmer You Podcast

Chloe Brotheridge

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Chatting to journalist and bestselling author Oliver Burkeman. His new book is Meditations for Mortals.

We discuss:

How to embrace 'imperfectionism' in your life
What to do when you feel like you're 'behind' or always 'busy'.
Why doing the things that matter to you can be so hard - and how to get started.
The productivity debt and how to stop productivity from defining your self worth.
Staying sane when the world's a mess

Find out about his latest book, Mediations for Mortals https://www.oliverburkeman.com/meditationsformortals

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Karma You podcast.
0:04.7	This is your host, Chloe Brotheridge. I'm a coach, a hypnototherapist, and I'm the author of
0:10.3	The Anxiety Solution and Brave New Girl. And this podcast is all about helping you to become
0:16.0	your calmest, happiest and most confident self. Hi everyone. I hope you're doing well today. I am sitting at a very
0:23.8	sunny desk in my office. Got the sun on my face and I'm actually drinking a coffee. I do realize that
0:31.3	only a few weeks ago I was sharing here about how I'd given up coffee for anxiety, well, I've slightly gone back on that
0:41.1	and I'm now having mostly decaf with a tiny bit of caffeinated coffee mixed in in my capitee air.
0:48.7	And I think I found the perfect balance between getting a nice buzz but not getting into an
0:53.3	anxious state because of coffee.
0:55.1	And I kept seeing videos on Instagram about how coffee is really good for you in terms of
1:01.5	the antioxidants, it's actually got quite a lot of fibre in it. And people that drink coffee,
1:05.9	even if it's decaf, actually live longer, apparently, than people that don't. So that's why
1:10.8	I'm having coffee.
1:11.4	And another thing I'm doing is I'm also putting some Lions Main powder in my coffee.
1:18.0	And I don't know if you were into your medicinal mushrooms or not,
1:21.0	but Lions Main is one of the less offensive tasting ones.
1:26.0	It actually tastes like really nothing having it in coffee.
1:28.7	I have about a teaspoon in there. And yeah, it's really good for your brain, apparently.
1:34.5	I can help with focus, which is definitely something I need right now. I have noticed that having a
1:38.7	baby that my focus is not what it was. Sometimes it takes me a while to find a word and just a pause of a few
1:46.9	split seconds longer than it would normally. So I'm trying to do things that are going to help me
1:50.2	with my mind and my focus and that sort of thing. Anyway, let's talk about this week's podcast.
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