When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic (& What We Can Do About It) | Jennifer Wallace (EP346)

Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms

Diane Boden

Self-improvement, Home & Garden, Leisure, How To, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Education, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Today's students face unprecedented pressure to succeed, cramming their schedules with AP classes and resume-padding activities, often at the expense of their well-being and relationships. Family incomes and schedules are strained by tutoring fees and athletic commitments, leading to increased anxiety, depression, and self-harm in high-achieving schools. Today's guest, author, Jennifer Wallace explores the root(s) of this toxic culture and is here to offer solutions to develop the resilience and self-confidence for our students to thrive. Episode Chapters: 01:34 |Exploring Toxic Achievement Culture 08:43 |The Impact of Economic Factors 15:05 | Combatting Toxic Achievement Culture Through Minimalism 21:23 | The Importance of Mattering in Children's Lives 28:12 | Developing an Other-Oriented Mindset ------------------------------- Links Discussed in This Episode | Order a Copy of Minimalist Moms: Living and Parenting with Simplicity Diane's Resource: Instagram Post Connect with Jennifer: Website Instagram Book: Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It Episode Sponsors | The Minimalist Moms Podcast would not be possible without the support of weekly sponsors. Choosing brands that I believe in is important to me. I only want to recommend brands that I believe may help you in your daily life. As always, never feel pressured into buying anything. Remember: if you don't need it, it's not a good deal! Enjoy this Podcast? Post a review and share it! If you enjoyed tuning into this podcast, then do not hesitate to write a review. You can also share this with your fellow mothers so that they can be inspired to think more and do with less. Order (or review) my book, Minimalist Moms: Living & Parenting With Simplicity. Questions? You can contact me through my website, find me on Instagram, Pinterest or like The Minimalist Moms Page on Facebook. Checkout the Minimalist Moms Podcast storefront for recommendations from Diane. Need help decluttering? I'm here to help! If you’ve been struggling with motivation to declutter, I’d love to help you achieve your goals in your home. We’ll work together (locally or virtually) to discover what areas in your home are high priority to get you feeling less overwhelmed right away. For more info on my processes, fees, and availability please contact! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/minimalist-moms-podcast2093/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	One of the things that I've adopted in my own house since researching the book is this idea from
0:05.8	Ned Hallowell who's a psychiatrist and it's this never worry alone. I think if we as parents can never worry alone, reach out to our friends when we're going
0:17.4	through struggles, and if we can instill that in our kids, I think we can overcome so much so much if we know we're not
0:25.4	going through life alone. Hello and welcome to the minimalist moms podcast. Today's
0:29.9	students face unprecedented pressure to succeed, cramming their schedules with AP classes
0:35.6	and resume padding activities, often at the expense of their well-being and relationships.
0:41.8	Family incomes and schedules are strained by
0:43.4	tutoring fees and athletic commitments leading to increased anxiety,
0:47.4	depression, and self-harm in high-achieving schools. Today's guest author Jennifer
0:52.4	Wallace explores the roots of this toxic culture and is here to offer solutions to develop the resilience and self-confidence for our students to thrive.
1:01.0	But before we get there, I quickly want to share a minimalist
1:04.5	moment of the week with you. I'm sure the majority of you follow along with the
1:08.6	minimalist mom's Instagram account and for those of you don't make sure you head
1:11.9	over and do that when the episode is over.
1:14.4	But for those of you that follow along on Instagram you may have seen a reel I posted earlier in the week.
1:19.0	I wanted to share the sentiment of that reel here not just to reiterate the sentiment, but for those of you that
1:24.8	may now have seen it.
1:25.8	So I came across this quote and I do wish I knew who I could attribute it to because I can't stop
1:30.0	thinking about it.
1:31.4	But the quote says, you will spend the majority of your life
1:35.0	knowing your children as adults but for a brief moment you'll have the chance to
1:39.8	know them as kids. When I originally saw the quote it just reiterated the fact that this is why
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Diane Boden, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Diane Boden and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.