Brendan Kelly
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131 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 12 Jun
Brendan Kelly’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But then my brain will correct that within seconds and say, what are you doing?
This is a curated image of a social media star.
Comparing yourself to her, Brendan, is utterly bonkers.
And my logical brain will dismiss the comparison.
But my automatic thought, my automatic comparison will have had its emotional impact already.
And it's those automatic thoughts that shape so much of our self-image.
We do.
And what we need to do is to try to do less of it.
It is part of being human.
And social media very much amplifies it.
It gives opportunity to compare faster and more and to more glamorous type people than was ever possible.
So we do need an awareness of this tendency to compare ourselves to other people, even when the comparisons are utterly ridiculous, because they will still have an emotional impact.
So when you say our thoughts are not ourselves, that is true.
But as you know, our habitual thinking patterns shape how we feel about ourselves.
But we can change them.
I mean, earlier you described me as being optimistic about the negative effects of technology and so forth.
And I do think the negative effects are overstated.
And I think we understand... There's a but coming, though.
No, no, there isn't.
We understate the positive things.
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