The Perfectionist Generation | Self-criticism, social media and questioning 'perfection'
The Wooden Spoon
Sixteenth Productions
4.9 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The second episode of “The Wooden Spoon” explores perfectionism and how the concept of 'being perfect' changes throughout life. We hear the group discuss personal moments of self-criticism from University and work life, the impact of social media, and the journey to finding acceptance with imperfection. This episode also dives deeper into a discussion about clinical perfectionism and what can be learnt from failing to be perfect.
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Featuring Ruby Granger, Jade Bowler, Eve Cornwell and Jack Edwards
Mentioned in this episode:
- Herman Hesse - The Glass Bead Game
- R. Shafran - Clinical Perfectionism: A Cognitive-Behavioural Analysis
- Amanda Ruggeri - The Dangerous Downsides of Perfectionism
- Rahul Kanakia - Enter Title Here
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Song |
| 0:09.4 | Hi everyone! My name is Ruby and welcome back to The Wooden Spoon. |
| 0:14.1 | We are so glad that you decided to come and listen to this episode |
| 0:18.7 | and actually decided to tune in after last week. |
| 0:21.2 | So we also want to say a massive thank you to all because somehow |
| 0:26.6 | within 24 hours of launching our podcast on Apple Podcasts |
| 0:31.9 | we manage to chart number two |
| 0:34.9 | overall in Great Britain and number one in education |
| 0:39.5 | which is just unbelievable. |
| 0:42.4 | Thank you so much for all of the incredible comments and reviews that you have left |
| 0:47.3 | because they really mean a lot to us. |
| 0:48.9 | So last weekend we went to VidCon and we actually recorded a live episode at VidCon |
| 0:56.2 | so I was convinced that I wasn't going to enjoy it anywhere near as much as I had enjoyed recording the ones in the studio |
| 1:03.0 | just because it is a much more pressurising environment you know you're speaking to a live audience |
| 1:08.0 | but I was shocked to find that I enjoyed it so much more |
| 1:12.0 | even though we were nervous beforehand |
| 1:14.0 | I think being in such a welcoming space everyone who came and saw it was just so lovely |
| 1:18.0 | and you made it really lovely for us to record so thank you for that as well. |
| 1:22.0 | So today's episode is going to focus on something which I feel a lot of us have encountered in some form or another during our lives which is perfectionism. |
| 1:32.0 | We really wanted to draw a distinction before we start between perfectionism as it is understood in everyday language |
| 1:39.0 | and in the media and clinical perfectionism which is much more debilitating and it affects somebody's everyday |
| 1:48.0 | and it is more psychologically recognised. |
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