When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic and What We Can Do About It

Raising Good Humans

Dear Media, Aliza Pressman

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4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Is the drive for success pushing us and our kids too far? In today's episode we sit down with Jennifer Wallace, author of Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic. We break down the hidden dangers of achievement culture and how it can become toxic, leading to burnout, anxiety, and an unhealthy obsession with "doing more." We explore the impact this mindset has on mental health, self-worth, and relationships, and discuss why constantly chasing success might be doing more harm than good.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.0	Welcome to Raising Good Humans,
0:10.0	I'm Dr. Eliza Pressman. Welcome to Raising Good Humans.
0:13.3	I'm Dr. Eliza Pressman.
0:15.0	Happy start of the school year.
0:17.0	For those of you who are just starting this week,
0:19.2	I hope you had a wonderful three day weekend.
0:22.2	Some of you maybe have started already for a few weeks,
0:25.8	but it's pretty official now.
0:27.7	The school year is here, and so I wanted to bring back Jennifer Wallace,
0:34.7	author of the instant New York Times bestseller,
0:38.2	Never Enough,
0:39.4	when Achievement Culture becomes toxic
0:41.6	and what we can do about it. This book is so beautiful.
0:45.3	It is the definitive book on sort of the toxic achievement culture that is
0:50.8	overtaking our lives as parents and for our kids and a way to sort of fight that without giving up being the healthy strivers that we are. In this episode we talk about how to sort of
1:06.6	understand model and name how to be a healthy striver, what our goals are for this year,
1:13.6	and what we can do to sort of live our lives,
1:17.0	whether it's the friends we choose or the rituals that we have,
1:20.6	to support us in a really challenging culture.
1:25.5	We're also talking a little bit about
1:27.5	how to spot when it's just too much,
	...

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