Moving Past Perfectionism and Unhealthy Striving with Dr. Diana Hill

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

How can we aim high, achieve our goals, and get what we want out of life without falling prey to unhealthy striving and excessive perfectionism? Dr. Diana Hill joins Dr. Rick and Forrest Hanson to explore the costs of perfectionism, productivity anxiety, psychological flexibility, calming the threat system, and how we can go from striving to thriving. About Our Guest: Dr. Diana Hill specializes in evidence-based and compassion-focused approaches to living well. She has a thriving private practice in Santa Barbara, CA, is the author of the ACT Daily Journal, and is one of the hosts of the Psychologists Off the Clock Podcast. Diana is also the host of a new podcast called Your Life in Process launching in Jan 2022, where she offers practical teachings and conversations on becoming psychologically flexible from the inside out. Watch the Episode: Prefer watching to listening? You can watch this episode on YouTube. From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Our holiday sale is going on now, and podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 for another 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need. Key Topics: 0:00 Introduction 2:00 Dr. Hill’s personal journey 4:40 Signs of unhealthy striving 6:50 Recognizing striving in the body 12:50 Signs of being in a healthier place around striving 16:15 What drives perfectionism and how to develop comfort with difficult experiences 22:20 Psychological flexibility and how to see your experience more clearly 26:35 Social and internalized factors in the search for approval 34:55 Practical ways to develop psychological flexibility 38:00 Inner freedom and choice within discomfort 45:30 Exposure therapy and cognitive diffusion for releasing control and anxiety 55:00 The middle way and climbing the mountains that are important to you. 59:50 Recap Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors: Find the new CBD+ performance gummies and the whole dosist health line-up today at dosisthealth.com. Use promo code BEINGWELL20 for 20% off your purchase. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Connect with the show: Subscribe on iTunes Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Forrest on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Visit Forrest's website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.4	If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of lasting
0:14.5	well-being.
0:15.5	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:17.8	I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, Rick as a clinical psychologist, a best-selling
0:23.1	author, and he's also my dad.
0:25.3	So dad, how are you doing today?
0:26.7	I'm great, and I'm really looking forward to talking with you and our guest.
0:30.0	Yeah, very much the same, but looking forward to this episode, I think it's focused on a very
0:34.5	important topic, which is centered around the idea that we all want to be effective out in the world.
0:40.1	We want to be successful at home and at work.
0:42.9	We want to achieve our goals and generally get the most out of life.
0:46.6	Much of the time, working with effort and energy can feel really good, but it's also pretty easy
0:51.6	for the pursuit of high achievement to fall prey to unhealthy forms of striving,
0:56.2	perfectionism, and productivity anxiety.
0:59.7	So how do we balance all of that?
1:01.5	How do we balance getting what we want from life without unnecessary tension and anxiety?
1:06.6	How do we aim high while also feeling at ease?
1:10.1	To help us do that, we're joined by a wonderful clinical psychologist, an expert in act or
1:14.8	acceptance and commitment therapy, and a fellow podcaster, Dr. Diana Hill.
1:20.0	Dr. Hill specializes in evidence-based and compassion-focused approaches to living well.
1:24.7	She has a thriving private practice in Santa Barbara, California,
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