Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#121: Is your self-improvement self-rejection in disguise?
Episode 121
I know how committed you are to self-improvement. Self-improvement is a good thing, right? Well, it depends. If you're motivated to improve yourself …
10 months ago
#120: Professor Wendelien van Eerde on the science of procrastination
Episode 120
If you thought you knew everything about procrastination, prepare to be humbled. Professor Wendelien van Eerde is a psychologist who has spent her en…
11 months ago
#119: All about coaching
Episode 119
What's coaching, what's the difference between coaching and therapy, is a coach going to tell me what to do, what happens in a coaching session, how …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
#118: The Academic Imperfectionist origin story
Episode 118
Ever wondered how your Imperfectionist friend here got from academic philosophy to coaching? Lots of coaching clients have asked this over the years,…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
#117: Intervention for inept time management
Episode 117
Do you massively over-estimate how much you can accomplish in any period of time? Do you struggle to work out how long it's going to take you to comp…
1 year ago
#116: Procrastination is a bad idea
Episode 116
If only you spent more time working and less time procrastinating, your life would be so much better. Right? Friend, I know how you feel, but it's no…
1 year ago
#115: Who cares about achievement?
Episode 115
Do you ever feel that, unless you achieve the things you think you should be achieving, you'll cease to exist? That you'll fade away, become invisibl…
1 year, 1 month ago
#114: Ego, resentment, and recognition
Episode 114
Do you struggle to make sense of the jumble of attitudes you have towards your career? Perhaps you feel overlooked despite the fact that you've just …
1 year, 2 months ago
#113: What if you don't have good habits?
Episode 113
'Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement', James Clear tells us in Atomic Habits. But what if you don't have the right habits - or at le…
1 year, 2 months ago
#112: David Hume and the battle between reason and passion
Episode 112
You've done the coaching and the therapy, you've read the books, you've listened to the podcasts - and finally, you can accept that you're just as wo…
1 year, 3 months ago