Nicole Symcox | Psychotherapist

I’ve addressed the concept of perfectionism here on the podcast before, but I’m taking it a step further today whilst also talking about the fear of failure. Even if you don’t identify as a perfectionist and just consider yourself to be a high-achieving individual, this episode is going to be really useful to see where these tendencies might be showing up for you. Failure isn’t exactly fun and ... Read the Post

Anxiety is horrible, no question. It’s physically and mentally exhausting, leaving people constantly on edge. If you have experienced anxiety and had to deal with people telling you to just calm down, or someone in your life is struggling with this condition, this is the episode for you. Anxiety is a topic that I absolutely love to help people with. There are so many different reasons why people ... Read the Post

Self-love is something so many people struggle with. And what makes it especially confusing is that the people who you’d think would love themselves the most – people who contribute to society in a positive way – seem to have the most difficulty really valuing themselves for who they are. Now, there will be some of you who don’t think you fall into that category of person who really deserves ... Read the Post

People-pleasing is an incredibly prevalent mindset that a lot of people are stuck in, and it’s one of the most emotionally draining things you can do to yourself. Even though we know that we can’t change other people, no matter what we do, we keep trying to do it. There are a lot of complex circumstances that contribute to people-pleasing, and the longer it goes on, the worse it gets. We become ... Read the Post

As high-achievers, we all want to go out there and strive to be great. But what does that really mean? The underlying notion tends to be something along the lines of feeling valuable, important, or worthwhile. And when we go after a big goal and it doesn’t turn out the way we expected, well, it can tend to spin us out in frustration, disappointment, and feeling like a failure. What I’m addressing ... Read the Post