Media Appearances and Press Coverage

Radio and Podcasts

Deliciously Ella Podcast (21/07/2020). The Flaws of Perfectionism. Recording available https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-flaws-of-perfectionism/id1428704212

Women’s Health Going For Goal Podcast (27/02/2020). How to Quit Perfectionism and Why its Holding You Back. Recording available https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-quit-perfectionism-and-why-its-holding-you-back/id1492260707?i=1000466805586

Life After the Letters Podcast (28/10/2019). Dr Thomas Curran on Perfectionism and The Need For Authenticity. Recording available https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s2e10-dr-thomas-curran-on-perfectionism-need-for-authenticity/id1351329833?i=1000455292413

TED Radio Hour (20/09/2019). Thomas Curran: How Can We Teach Kids To Accept Imperfection?. Recording available https://www.npr.org/2019/09/20/762097695/thomas-curran-how-can-we-teach-kids-to-accept-imperfection

BBC Radio 4 Today Program (02/01/2018). Invited guest to discuss my research on rising perfectionism. Recording available https://soundcloud.com/thomas-curran-17729659/bbcr4today030118currantperfectionism.

BBC World Service (02/01/2018). Invited guest to discuss my research on rising perfectionism. Recording available https://soundcloud.com/thomas-curran-17729659/bbcws030118currancperfectionism.

Global News Radio 640 Toronto (05/01/2018). Invited guest on to discuss my research on rising perfectionism. Recording available https://soundcloud.com/thomas-curran-17729659/am-640-interview.

LBC James O’Brien (03/01/2018). Guest on show, which featured my research on rising perfectionism. Recording available https://soundcloud.com/thomas-curran-17729659/lbcjob030118currant.

BBC Radio Bristol (02/01/2018). Invited guest on to discuss my research on rising perfectionism. Recording available https://soundcloud.com/thomas-curran-17729659/bbcbristoldrphil060118.

The New Scientist (21/01/2020, online and in print). The misunderstood personality trait that is causing anxiety and stress. Avaliable https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332430-600-the-misunderstood-personality-trait-that-is-causing-anxiety-and-stress/#ixzz6LadM2qlu

The New York Times (24/11/2018, online). Everything Is for Sale Now. Even Us. Available https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/opinion/sunday/gig-economy-self-promotion-anxiety.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur.

The Guardian (21/11/2018, online). Triathlons, ultramarathons and ambitious baking: why is modern leisure so competitive? Available https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/nov/21/triathlons-ultramarathons-and-ambitious-baking-why-is-modern-leisure-so-competitive.

The Atlantic (05/11/2018, online). The Problem With Being Perfect. Available https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/11/how-perfectionism-can-be-destructive/574837/.

The Wall Street Journal (01/09/2018, online and in print). The Perils of the Child Perfectionist. Available https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-perils-of-the-young-perfectionist-1535723813?mod=e2tw.

The Guardian (17/07/2018, online and in print page 32). The intolerable rise of perfectionism. Available https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/17/my-brain-feels-like-its-been-punched-the-intolerable-rise-of-perfectionism?CMP=share_btn_tw.

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC; 23/02/2018, online). The dangerous downsides of perfectionism. Available http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180219-toxic-perfectionism-is-on-the-rise?ocid=twfut.

The Toronto Star (30/01/2018, online). Teens under pressure to be perfect now more than ever. Available https://www.thestar.com/life/2018/01/30/teens-under-pressure-to-be-perfect-now-more-than-ever.html.

The New York Times (19/01/2018, online). More College Students Seem to Be Majoring in Perfectionism. Available https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/well/family/more-college-students-seem-to-be-majoring-in-perfectionism.html.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC; 13/01/2018, online). Perfectionism is on the rise — and that’s not good news. Available http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/second-opinion-taste-sensors-1.4485029.

Cable News Network (CNN; 09/01/2018, online). The modern problem with pursuing perfection. Available http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/09/health/perfection-mental-health-study-intl/index.html?sr=twCNN010918perfection-mental-health-study-intl0950AMStory.

The Financial Times (06/01/2018, online and 07/01/2018, in print page 20). Allow the young to embrace an imperfect new year. Available https://www.ft.com/content/dd1502d2-f13f-11e7-b220-857e26d1aca4.

The Daily Telegraph (03/01/2018, online and 04/01/2018, in print page 20). What’s behind this crippling plague of perfectionism? Available http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/behind-crippling-plague-perfectionism/.

The Guardian (05/01/2018, online). Perfectionism is destroying the mental health of my millennial generation. Available https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/05/perfectionism-mental-health-millennial-social-media?CMP=soc_3156.

Fortune Magazine (04/01/2018, online). Millennials Are Killing Yet Another Thing: Being Imperfect. And It’s Not a Good Thing. Available http://fortune.com/2018/01/04/millennials-are-killing-yet-another-thing-being-imperfect-and-its-not-a-good-thing/?utm_campaign=fortunemagazine&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=soc_socialflow_twitter_FORTUNE.

National Post (04/01/2018, online). Students are feeling more pressure than ever to be perfectionists — and social media may be to blame. Available http://nationalpost.com/news/world/students-are-feeling-more-pressure-than-ever-to-be-perfectionists-and-social-media-may-be-to-blame.

USA Today (04/01/2018, online). Millennials strive for perfectionism more than past generations, study says. Available https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/04/millennials-strive-perfectionism-more-than-past-generations/1002933001/.

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS; 04/01/20185, online and on screen). The hidden epidemic of perfectionism in millennials. Available https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-hidden-epidemic-of-perfectionism-in-millennials/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0g&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5a4f2a2e9ebbef00076f0cc3&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter.

New York Magazine (03/01/2018). Millennials Are the Perfectionist Generation. Available https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/new-study-on-perfectionism-and-millennials.html.

The New York Post (03/01/2018, online and in print). Millennials are total perfectionists, scientists say. Available https://nypost.com/2018/01/03/millennials-are-total-perfectionists-scientists-say/.

The Independent (01/09/2015, in print page 5). Perfectionists being driven to burnout.

The Daily Telegraph (01/09/2015, in print page 3). Perfectionists are less likely to succeed.

The Scotsman (01/09/2015, in print page 15). Why you should stop sriving for perfection.

The Times (01/09/2015, online). Relax, everyone: perfectionism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Available http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4514651.ece?shareToken=de50fd905baf82dc07051f0027377f9f.

New Zealand Herald (01/09/2015, online). Are you a perfectionist in the office? Beware of burning out. Available http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11490499.