That Feeling of "Always-Behind and Never-Enough"—Here's the Antidote | Ellen Hendriksen

Hey, hey, welcome to the Ten Percent Happier Podcast. I'm your host, Dan Harris. Perfectionism really can be the ultimate head fuck. You know it's driving you crazy, that feeling of Always behind and never enough. But you tell yourself you need this relentless self criticism.

In order to succeed. That anything less would be an unacceptable, even dangerous lowering of your standards. All lies, according to my guest today. Ellen Hendrickson is a clinical psychologist at Boston University Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. Her latest book is called How to Be Enough Self Acceptance.

For self critics. She first appeared on this podcast to discuss said book back in two thousand twenty five, but we're bringing the episode back because it was a staff favorite. I should also add that this was her second appearance. On the podcast she had come on several years earlier to discuss her first book. about social anxiety called how to be yourself.

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