Why Chasing Perfection is Damaging Your Mental Health
⏳ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Meet Ellie McGrath
3:53 Ellie’s journey to getting help for mental health
8:12 Becoming aware of feelings and emotions
10:38 Social comparison
17:36 Regulating social media content
22:36 Increasing emotional literacy in schools
25:42 Trancendence
28:31 The Practice Makes Progress podcast
35:38 Public mental health masters degree
40:25 Movement and mental health
47:31 Online therapy vs. In-person therapy
Perfectionism is often seen as a strength, but what happens when it starts damaging your mental health? In this candid conversation with Ellie McGrath, host of Practice Makes Progress, we dive into the harmful effects of striving for perfection and how it can be damaging for your mental health.
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👩🏽⚕️ Who am I?
Dr Ally Jaffee is a multi-award-winning Psychiatry resident doctor and mental health speaker in London, UK. She is a huge advocate for greater nutrition and lifestyle medicine education within healthcare training and is the co-founder for the CIC, Nutritank. She is passionate about food & mood and doctor’s mental health, talking openly about her lived experience of Depression & Anxiety across her socials. Dr Ally is also a coach and a trustee for the Youth Mental Health grant-giving charity, Chimo Trust.