perfectionism

  • Gail Cornwall: For Anyone Who Is, Was, Or Cares About a Perfectionist, This Is For You!

    Gail Cornwall: For Anyone Who Is, Was, Or Cares About a Perfectionist, This Is For You!

    Perfection may sound great, but there is more and more evidence that striving for perfection significantly disadvantages one’s ability to navigate life’s ups and downs – which we all inevitably have. This week, Laura talks with writer, teacher, attorney, and mother of five, Gail Cornwall, about the importance of striving for excellence but not perfectionism.…

  • Welela Solomon: Balancing Two Cultures and Becoming One Self

    Welela Solomon: Balancing Two Cultures and Becoming One Self

    For most teenagers, standing at the threshold of adulthood is both exciting and overwhelming – especially right now with so much uncertainty looming. In this episode, Laura talks with Welela, a high school senior and first-generation Ethiopian- American, about the fraught landscape of young adulthood. And how, with a number of strategies, she’s able to…