Popping Perfectionism
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
4:8 BONUS EPISODE Featuring: Dr. Kyle Reyes
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kyle Reyes joins us today to talk about his new book, Lenses of Humanity and how perfectionism can disrupt those lenses and our connection from ot...
4:7 WORKPLACE: Does Perfect Leadership Exist?
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we think of great leaders, we usually think of the people who check all the boxes: Inspiring, organized, well-liked, charming, influential, etc. ...
4:6 WORKPLACE: How to Fail to Succeed
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Failure is inevitable. Flaw is unavoidable. Success? Never guaranteed, but especially hard to achieve when perfect is the only path there - or so perf...
4:5 WORKPLACE: Can Creativity and Perfectionism Co-Exist?
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Failure is an unavoidable part of creativity. Flaw is an inevitable part of creativity. Messiness, chaos, and doubt are all part of the creative proce...
4:4 WORKPLACE: Professional Development
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to advance in your career, perfectionism is gonna get in your way. If you want to develop professionally, perfectionism is gonna hold you ...
4:3 WORKPLACE: Workplace Boundaries ft. Maria Blevins, PhD.
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an episode with Maria Blevins, Ph.D and research extraordinaire on the real-life negative impacts of perfectionism in the workplace, inclu...
4:2 WORKPLACE: The Perfectionist's Work-Life Balance Pipe Dream
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you think you can be a perfectionist and have work-life balance, think again. In this episode, we dive into modern research on the impossibility ...
4:1 WORKPLACE: Now Perfectionism Wants My Career Too??
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Perfectionism demands it all - the relationship with yourself, with romantic partners, with spirituality, and now, you're about to learn how it de...
3:10 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: Final Thoughts
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The long-awaited season finale of our romantic relationships series is HERE! In this episode, we gather all of our best thoughts, research, and insigh...
3:9 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: Comparison and expectations tainting the reality of love
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Perfectionism loves to pollute many things, including our romantic relationships. All three forms of perfectionism fuel comparison and unrealistic exp...
3:8 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: More vulnerable than ever
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anna & Alysha let you in on their personal recent breakdowns and practice vulnerability.
3:7 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: Perfectionism is Ruining your Sex Life
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's true, folks. Perfectionism is the ultimate spicy time killer. If you want the juicy details on how, tune in!
3:6 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: You Can't Fill Every Role
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about something almost every perfectionist relationship goes through: expecting you, your partner, or both of you to fill eve...
3:5 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: Rejection and Feedback
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rejection and feedback can sometimes feel DEADLY for perfectionists, especially in romantic relationships. Even though honestly and candor is critical...
3:4 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: Attachment Styles and Perfectionism
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are coming in HOT in this episode with research, theories, and practices all centered on how perfectionism plays into attachment styles. Attachment...
3:3 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: Event-Based Mentality
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So much of perfectionism hinges on the belief that life is a series of events, not experiences. And relationships are no exception - in fact, they may...
3:2 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: Chameleon Syndrome and Dating
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you find yourself people-pleasing, blending in, or only showing specific versions of yourself in order to maintain others' opinion of you? Do you d...
3:1 ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: Dating, Marriage, All of it
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you READY for this next series?? We talk about ALL things relationships and perfectionism. Relationships are the BREEDING GROUND for perfectionism...
2:10 LDS CHURCH SERIES: Final Thoughts
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We've made it people! The last episode of this series. After everything we've covered with perfectionism within the LDS culture, this episode contains...
2:9 LDS CHURCH SERIES: Gray Areas
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a member of the church, you already know about the plethora of "gray areas" within the church that each member chooses to approach different...
2:8 LDS CHURCH SERIES: Missions and Perfectionism
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most magnified environments for perfectionism to fester is missions. If we're talking about people-pleasing, image maintaining, unrealistic...
2:7 LDS CHURCH SERIES: Grace and Perfectionism
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We keep teasing you with these surprise off-weeks, but we are back now with another episode - and one of our best yet! We just got done hashing out re...
2:6 LDS CHURCH SERIES: Repentance and Perfectionism
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
WE'RE BACK! Did you miss us?? Thought we'd give everyone a week off to catch up on this season - but now we're back with (as always) one of our favori...
2:5 LDS CHURCH SERIES: Questions from YOU!
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've had tons of people dm-ing us questions about our episodes and perfectionism in general and we wanted to take an entire episode to address them! ...
2:4 LDS CHURCH SERIES: How the Adversary Uses Perfectionism
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Perfectionism can be used as a weapon - sometimes we use it against ourselves, sometimes we use it against others, but it is very often used by Satan ...
2:3 LDS CHURCH SERIES: God is Perfect, Not a Perfectionist
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Perfectionism bleeds onto everything, including God's character! And once God's character has been colored in a perfectionist light, it warps everythi...
2:2 LDS CHURCH SERIES: Perfectionism and Zion
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Perfectionism seems to find its way into everything, and Zion is no exception. Zion is a place where everyone has a place, unconditionally. Perfection...
2:1 LDS CHURCH SERIES: How Did We Get Here?
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're BACK with a brand new series and loads of new content! In this series, we talk about something no one really seems to address: Perfectioni...
1:6 - Our Stories and Final Thoughts
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We made it!! We are at the final episode of this series. We decided to use this episode to share our full personal stories with perfectionism and some...
1:5 - Socially-Prescribed Perfectionism
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we cover our last form of perfectionism. Socially-Prescribed perfectionism derives itself from pressures set by a culture, society, o...
1:4 - Other-Oriented Perfectionism
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the relationship-killing form of perfectionism: other-oriented. Being an other-oriented perfectionist has a double-edged s...
1:3 - Self-Oriented Perfectionism
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Popping Perfectionism! Today we dive into the inner-workings of one of our most familiar and dreaded topics: self-oriented perfectioni...
1:2 - Chameleon Syndrome & Two Dimensions
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about the two foundational dimensions of perfectionism as well as a common side effect of perfectionism: The Chameleon Syndro...
1:1 - Perfectionism and Connectionism
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the "what" behind perfectionism, Connectionism, and how this podcast came to be. The world has perfectionism all wrong: it...
Popping Perfectionism - Official Trailer
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Popping Perfectionism - Official Trailer