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The Imperfect ClinicianBreaking the Comparison Cycle: Navigating Feeling ‘Not Good Enough’Welcome to the Season 4 of our podcast!Thank you for being with us until the end of Season 4! In the last episode in this series of our podcast we wonder why the world makes us feel not good enough. Do social media really make us feel inadequate? Why do we constantly attempt to compare ourselves to others? How much does vanity impact our goals and expectations? You will also find out what is the correct number of bikes, that Mike got a new mic, in what industry you pay to get nothing and if we all live...2023-12-0628 min
The Imperfect ClinicianI Am Really Bad With IT - When Ignorance Meets Technology: A Cognitive Bias TaleWelcome to the Season 4 of our podcast!We hear it daily. 'I am really bad with IT'. What people mean by it? What are they trying to tell us? Is it a tactic to downplay expectations? Is it lack of confidence? In this week's episode we explore cognitive bias that prevents us from being fair to ourselves. We look at Dunning-Kruger effect and how realising it's four parts can improve our understanding of our feelings versus facts. Join us and listen!Look out for the episodes landing every Wednesday!We feel...2023-11-2926 min
The Imperfect ClinicianHow To Overcome Lack of Confidence On The Road To ProgressionWelcome to the Season 4 of our podcast!This week we complete our Gridlock Triangle with a discussion about lack of self-confidence, the differences and similarities with self-esteem, ways to work on it and impact on limiting personal progression. Does perfectionism have anything to do with our confidence? How much does it matter what language do we use when talking to ourselves? Join us for this episode of our podcast to find out how we see mentioned issues.Look out for the episodes landing every Wednesday!We feel very grateful that you...2023-11-2231 min
The Imperfect ClinicianBeneath the Surface of Scepticism: The Anatomy of DoubtsWelcome to the Season 4 of our podcast!In today's episode we continue expanding on our Gridlock Triangle of Progression concept by introducing Doubts. Our internal critic, and sceptical self often stands in a way preventing us from achieving our full potential. Doubts can be helpful as they inject a dose of reality to the considered matter. What if the balance is dramatically tilted towards inability to proceed. It can be both paralysing and enslaving. How do we use doubts to our advantage? How do we convert doubts into success? How to find a solution that guides our p...2023-11-1525 min
The Imperfect ClinicianGridlock Triangle - Redefining Our Relationship With The Fear of FailureWelcome to the Season 4 of our podcast!This episode introduces a brand new concept we developed together in order to find our personal barriers on the way to better ourselves. Talking about fear of failure is the first step to understand our fragile but desired wish of progression. From everyday fears, procrastination to atychiphobia, dealing with failure, normalising it and realising we were not born this way cannot be underestimated in the search of improvement or fulfilment. Join us to learn about our fears, where they come from, how we coped with them and what they can...2023-11-0833 min
The Imperfect ClinicianCreativity Unleashed: Debunking the Myth of the ‘Non-Creative’Welcome to the Season 4 of our podcast!Are we all creative? We can't be! Or are we? What does creativity mean for us, why is it worth to start noticing it and how it can impact our everyday life? We discuss some definitions, examples and personal experiences also allowing to see if clinicians can and should be creative at all? What creativity actually is? Why Plato did not think painters were creative? Listen to the latest episode of The Imperfect Clinician Podcast and find out! Look out for the episodes landing every Wednesday!2023-11-0130 min
The Imperfect ClinicianHow to Break Free from the Tyranny of Other People’s AgendasWelcome to the Season 4 of our podcast!Remember the feeling where people organise your day for you? How much impact do you have on your own day? How much control do you need? How much control do you actually have? This week we look into planning our days - having courage and commitment to be in charge of making it happen. How do we help others without excessive influence over our plans? Join us for a discussion, we are going to present you with our own perspective on scheduling our lives.Look out for...2023-10-2533 min
The Imperfect ClinicianHelp Me, Help You: Exploring The Challenge of Asking For HelpWelcome to the Season 4 of our podcast!This episode is all about offering help and asking for it. Care is usually delivered at a cost to helpers. We explore the challenge of asking for assistance, why it is easier to offer help than to ask for it, how to avoid exhaustion whilst offering help and overcoming barriers to asking for help. What does a story about toilet paper has to do with importance of taking care of the helpers? Listen to find out!Look out for the episodes landing every Wednesday!...2023-10-1836 min
The Imperfect ClinicianAgreeing to Disagree: How to Handle Conflicting Values and Beliefs in a Diverse WorldWelcome to the Season 4 of our podcast!How to Argue in the 21st Century? What does it actually mean - agree to disagree? In this episode of The Imperfect Clinician, Mike and Yuen explore the topic of agreeing to disagree and arguing. They share their personal experiences and perspectives on how they approach different opinions, conflicts, and debates. They discuss the benefits and challenges of agreeing to disagree, as well as the skills and strategies for arguing effectively and respectfully. They also reflect on how the current social and political climate affects their ability to engage in...2023-10-1139 min