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Perfectionism isn’t just wanting to be perfect… it’s the feelings of failure and shame when we simply can’t perform at a superhuman level all day, every day. To be happy, we have to accept the reality that perfection is impossible. So this episode is… How to Feel Like You’re Enough. 

Dr Laurie is joined by fellow recovering perfectionist Dr Ellen Hendriksen – who is a clinical psychologist at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders and author of “How to be Enough: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics and Perfectionists”. 

The Host

Dr. Laurie Santos

Dr. Laurie Santos is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Professor and podcast host Dr. Laurie Santos is an expert on human cognition and the…