Our culture glorifies achievement, status, merit, and standing out—but at what cost? Special explores how the pressure to be extraordinary shapes our choices, fuels anxiety, perfectionism, high achievement, and eating disorders, and can keep fulfillment just out of reach. Through an interdisciplinary lens, I unpack what drives this obsession—and what it takes to break free. Plus, the occasional musing on geopolitics and the human condition.
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Psychologist. Writer. Thinker. Believer in people. Devoted to family and friends. Stanford U. Adjunct Clinical Instructor. Podcast host (Meaning Vs Merit and Selves Unedited).