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Picking at Perfection

Picking at Perfection

By Alistair Marston

Hello! I am Alistair and this is the Picking at Perfection podcast! A talk show with the aim to break down barriers between society and its perfectionist expectations. Join me and special guests to talk comparison culture, social pressures and how to walk the path less followed. I always ask guests to shed light on their journey to success and not just the destination of their achievement. We believe a perfect life should be on your terms and by your own definition, not via the media's portrayal.
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Friendship & Relationships with Amy Jones

Picking at PerfectionOct 13, 2023

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Friendship & Relationships with Amy Jones

Friendship & Relationships with Amy Jones

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Oct 13, 202301:07:60
Fear & Authenticity with Sarina Mann

Fear & Authenticity with Sarina Mann

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Feb 22, 202334:47
Founding a $1 Billion Dollar Marketing Agency with Lisa Apolinski

Founding a $1 Billion Dollar Marketing Agency with Lisa Apolinski

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Dec 19, 202258:03
Thriving as HIV Positive with Michael Newton

Thriving as HIV Positive with Michael Newton

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Dec 16, 202242:19
Humanizing the Digital World with Nini Frtiz

Humanizing the Digital World with Nini Frtiz

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Dec 12, 202234:45
The Impact of Past Experiences with Alison Blackler

The Impact of Past Experiences with Alison Blackler

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Nov 03, 202241:43
Rejection, Resilience & Turning 30 with Angelique Joan

Rejection, Resilience & Turning 30 with Angelique Joan

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Sep 12, 202237:48
Tech, Change and Age with Guler Cortis

Tech, Change and Age with Guler Cortis

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Jul 21, 202233:57
Personal Brand and Resilience with Naïma Lacerna

Personal Brand and Resilience with Naïma Lacerna

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Jun 28, 202239:09
Courage, Control & Communication with Lorna Greville

Courage, Control & Communication with Lorna Greville

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Jun 11, 202238:28
Fear & Imposter Syndrome with Samme Allen

Fear & Imposter Syndrome with Samme Allen

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May 28, 202231:47
Change, Growth & Progressive Attitude with Lucy Abigail

Change, Growth & Progressive Attitude with Lucy Abigail

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Mar 20, 202233:02
Team Building and Employee Engagement with Rupa Datta
Mar 13, 202226:42
Agency Worker to Founder with Merijn van Buuren

Agency Worker to Founder with Merijn van Buuren

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Mar 07, 202230:10
My LGBT Experience on the Unlocking Vulnerability Podcast
Mar 01, 202206:39
Finding your Career Path & Fulfilment in the Workplace with Lorna Greville

Finding your Career Path & Fulfilment in the Workplace with Lorna Greville

This recording if from a LinkedIn live event I held with Lorna Greville. If you would like to watch the video you can do so: here.  Whilst there why not connect with us both on LinkedIn. Lorna's podcast, Destination Unknown can be found: here.  TO PARTICIPATE Questions, comments, suggestions: https://www.picking at perfection.com/participate Instagram: @pickingatperfection LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-barton-49381083/ Email: alistair@pickingatperfection.com Feeling really brave? Send me a voice message and get featured on the show via anchor: https://anchor.fm/pickingatperfection/message

Jan 21, 202229:49
Digital & Social Media Detoxing with Christian Hitzl

Digital & Social Media Detoxing with Christian Hitzl

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Dec 22, 202146:27
Mental Wellbeing at Christmas with Helen Petiffer

Mental Wellbeing at Christmas with Helen Petiffer

This recording if from a LinkedIn live event I held with Helen Petiffer. If you would like to watch the video you can do so: here. 

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Examples of Maslow's hierarchy can be found: here. 

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Dec 18, 202131:50
Sales, Authenticity & Self Value with Dario Cucci

Sales, Authenticity & Self Value with Dario Cucci

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Dec 12, 202148:30
Gender, Identity & Being Human with Bastian Nemec

Gender, Identity & Being Human with Bastian Nemec

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Oct 17, 202157:08
Fear of Failure & How to Just Start with Anna Cuxart

Fear of Failure & How to Just Start with Anna Cuxart

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Welcome back fellow imperfectionist! Today I had the pleasure of chatting with Anna Cuxart from It’s your project. Anna’s aim through it yours project is to inspire unmotivated young people to become their highest self using various custom notion templates.
Firstly I was absolutely blown away by Anna’s recommendation for how to find and clarify your purpose, she talks us through this wonderful exercise about halfway through the episode so definitely listen out for that.
Anna has such a balanced approach to life, she talks about being inspired by happy, positive emotions but also how her darker emotions such as jealousy inspire her to be better and improve herself. She has this wonderful concept of “higher self” which is a really lovely way to refer to your best future self and we hear about how she applies this to every day life. The bulk of what we discuss is mainly around how to just get things started, taking small steps and how fear of failure can often sabotage us.
Lavendaire podcast can be found here: www.lavendaire.com/category/podcast/
Purpose exercise from Ikigai: www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40534545-ikigai
Big Magic book: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24453082-big-magic
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Aug 22, 202154:38
Presentation, Communication & Fear with Judith Quin

Presentation, Communication & Fear with Judith Quin

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Today I have the real pleasure of welcoming Judith Quin founder of “Your Whole Voice.” Judith Quin is a multi-award-winning vocal confidence specialist and voice-vibration sound healer. Whether in your professional or personal life; whether your challenge is having difficult conversations, saying ‘no’, speaking up for yourself, delivering presentations, or public speaking Judith works with your voice from the inside-out. She combines acting, coaching, and mindset skills, with voice vibration sound work to help you release your restrictions. When you can express yourself with clarity, confidence and conviction: no matter the situation, you not only liberate your voice, you liberate your life. Judith is also an international public speaker, author and member of the Association of Transformational Leaders of Europe. And wow the insights that she has for us today! I had already seen Judith’s speak at and event and I still learnt so much on top of this from speaking to her! So many amazing tips for public speaking, social judgment, communication and some amazing insight into the science behind your voice and its vibration. An advocate of not being a people pleaser and fulling taking control of situations and not suffering needlessly. She provides wonderful insight into negativity bias too and how the amygdala plays a part in so much of our fear. I know you will love this episode! Judith is putting on an event too! So if you are looking for more vocal confidence I would highly recommend you check this out. All information and booking links are here: yourwholevoice.com/product/permission-to-speak To follow Judith: Https://your whole voice.com Instagram: @yourwholevoice Email: connect@yourwholevoice.com YouTube: your whole voice Facebook: your whole voice Linked in: Judith Quin - Vocal Confidence To follow me: Pickingatperfection.com Instagram: @pickingatperfection The TED talk referenced is: VULNERABILTY IS STRENGTH www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?language=en
Aug 01, 202101:05:54
Productivity, Efficiency & Continuous Improvement with Tom Solid

Productivity, Efficiency & Continuous Improvement with Tom Solid

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Welcome back fellow imperfectionists to another episode of picking at perfection. Today we have the absolute pleasure of hearing from Tom Solid, founder of the legendary paperless movement. This was such a dream come true kind of moment for me, I am such a huge fan of Tom and he is a huge source of inspiration. But what do we discuss? In this episode you will hear about many productivity tools of course but we talk about so much more. Buzz words, toxic productivity, and all around efficiency. As well as concepts of being a generalist and having a sandbox in life with which to try new things without it distracting you from the main task in hand or distracting from your purpose. And some really beautiful life insights mixed in too including references to his wife and family, and listen to the very end to hear about how he came up with his alias. One of the things I found most interesting is the fact that Tom didn't really choose either of his career paths, more on that in the episode.
Find Tom at: paperlessmovement.com Twitter: @paperlessmove Instagram: @paperlessmove To follow me: Pickingatperfection.com Instagram: @pickingatperfection
Jul 19, 202101:06:37
Being Intentional & Speaking Up with Charlotte Crabtree

Being Intentional & Speaking Up with Charlotte Crabtree

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In today's episode I am joined by Charlotte Crabtree, Career success coach. I have learned so much from Charlie both in this episode and in the past. I used to report to her in the first company I worked for - it was crazy to catch up and see how far we have both come since. Charlie has excellent insight into social pressures, expectations within your career and speaking up in meetings with purpose. Both as event planners it was interesting to comment on the differences of meeting online and in person. We both acknowledge that to some degree we don't ever get full instructions with a job role or position and have to wing it to some degree. My favourite part was the discussion about speaking up in meetings and inspiring others - I so hope you enjoy it too! To follow, contact or get in touch with Charlie: Instagram: www.instagram.com/careertalkwithcharlotte/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/charlottecrabtreeofficial The free download Charlie mentioned: www.charlottecrabtree.com/5-confidence-hacks Everything else: www.charlottecrabtree.com/ To follow me: Instagram: www.instagram.com/pickingatperfection/?hl=en pickingatperfection.com
Jun 15, 202101:13:45
Vulnerability with Helen Pettifer

Vulnerability with Helen Pettifer

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Today I am joined by Helen Pettifer, founder of her own company that supports and trains companies in relation to vulnerability.
I had such a nice conversation with Helen and she really, for me, shed light on this somewhat unknown area and I definitely picked up some great tips on how to support people around me more.
There are a couple of really emotional moments, Helen is so genuine and I am really flattered that she chose to share some of her personal experiences. At times what we discuss gets a little dark but these are important conversations that Helen has everyday, just an example of the strong individual she is. but i think the overall take away is that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
I am particularly pleased with myself for cramming all of my recently learned psychological theories and references in this episode!
If you like this episode be sure to check out episode two of my podcast and also search for Helen's podcast unlocking vulnerability on your favourite podcast provider.
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www.helenpettifer.com/
www.linkedin.com/in/helen-pettifer-904a00107
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Things we referenced:
Johann Hari: johannhari.com/
Chimp Paradox: chimpmanagement.com/books-by-professor-steve-peters/the-chimp-paradox/
Dr Tererai Trent: open.spotify.com/episode/5ds9KlCzx3MM49jcIdXEpe?si=xg1qPOktRT-QduBn6jXFzg
Feb 20, 202151:03
Intentions & Social Media with Scott Jukes

Intentions & Social Media with Scott Jukes

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Hello and welcome back fellow imperfectionists. On this episode I am joined by the passionate and knowledgeable Scott Jukes. Scott is director of his own company, Studio Jukes who provide digital design, marketing and video solutions. This episode was taken as a part of a wider discussion me and Scott were having, honestly i think every conversation me and Scott have could be an episode, he is a good friend of mine and just one of these really insightful and knowledgable people. But to that effect it deviates slightly from the usual format. My particular favourite is Scotts take on the very much digital era we are rapidly being forced into with less and less face to face contact allowed due to the pandemic. He knows so much about what really goes on behind some of our favourite online platforms. As a follow up, i did watch the social dilemma, the documentary that Scott references, it is well worth a watch if this kind of topic interests you it has really shown to me that actually a lot of us live in our own reality online, we tell social media what we like, don’t like along with other opinions and it generates content for us based on this, so we are unlikely to see anything that contradicts our values. No ones newsfeed is exactly as the same as someone else’s and this is definitely something i am keeping at the forefront of my mind moving forward. Additionally there has of course been further twitter drama with the politician we talk about as this was recorded a little while ago. In my free time at the moment i am studying loads about coding, psychology and social media and i feel this episode just ties so many elements of these nicely together! Anyway without further a do i Hope you enjoy and I would love to hear your opinions of the topics raised, get in touch via my instagram.
Please feel free to get in touch and follow me: My instagram: @pickingatperfection My site: pickingatperfection.com
Link the the social dilemma Netflix documentary Scott discusses:
www.netflix.com/title/81254224
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Jan 18, 202124:13
Focussing on the Bigger Picture with Annette Jukes

Focussing on the Bigger Picture with Annette Jukes

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Welcome back fellow imperfectionists! Today I am joined by Annette Jukes to discuss the many things associated with visual perfection Net's instagram: @smallprintsdesign My instagram: @pickingatperfection My site: pickingatperfection.com

Aug 29, 202038:25
Environmental Change with Sophie Palmer

Environmental Change with Sophie Palmer

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Welcome back lovely listeners. Today I am joined by guest Sophie Palmer to discuss our impact on the environment. We address todays topic with dignity and honesty, trying to focus on positive solutions and changes in mind set. I hope this episode provides insight into our impact and provokes everyone to take small steps to make a positive difference! Enjoy!

Sophie's instagram: @thefoxandthebutterfly

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References:

Andrew Forrest's TED Talk: https://open.spotify.com/episode/62hzBNSoiCoE7P6PwkFFiV?si=XIQO9w0sTM2HotL-vsZncQ

No Plastic Waste Campaign: https://noplasticwaste.org/#petition

Nigel Topping's TED Talk:@ https://open.spotify.com/episode/0IXDUZFIAGITvHEM6yJp4y?si=KSCaQ9BkTV-cDYusZwM_Qg

Support Greenpeace: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/support-us/

Greenpeace league table: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/supermarket-plastic-reduction/

Ethical consumer: https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/

Jul 08, 202044:23
Media, Technology & Information Integrity with Cora Lydon

Media, Technology & Information Integrity with Cora Lydon

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In this episode I talk to Freelance Journalist and published children's author Cora Lydon. To celebrate the launch of my digital planner, me and Cora have a technology and media based discussion and get into some really thought provoking topics around creativity and checking the facts of the information you are consuming. I really enjoyed this chat and hope you do to!
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Cora's instagram: @booksbycoralydon
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May 27, 202043:48
Stargazing & Saying Yes with Ross Hockman

Stargazing & Saying Yes with Ross Hockman

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Welcome back listeners! Thank you for joining me for this my first virtually recorded episode! And a very exciting one it is! I talk to Ross Hockman, the founder of UK Astronomy, a volunteer organisation making the understanding of space and our galaxy accessible to everyone. Ross and his wife Francesca have so much passion and dedication between them, it is truly admirable. We talk about the challenges they face, the day by day approach they take, the grounding benefits of stargazing and Ross’ devotion to teaching the future generation. P.S. Ross gives the BEST definition of perfection at the end! Enjoy!

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Apr 14, 202040:37
Relations & Role Models with Rob Sharman

Relations & Role Models with Rob Sharman

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Hello and welcome back to this very special episode where I welcome Rob, my partner of 6 years to the show! I really wanted to showcase a bit more of my personality and I hope you enjoy listening along to our chat about the impact of role models on our lives, sexuality and relationship as well as our opinions on current representation. This includes Rob proving me wrong on a few occasions - I will happily admit. We also talk in great depth about aligning expectations between colleagues, managers and customers.

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Mar 25, 202038:24
Community & Inclusion with Ruth Mayhew

Community & Inclusion with Ruth Mayhew

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Hello and welcome back to Picking at Perfection. Today we are joined by Ruth Mayhew, for an open, honest and entertaining conversation about community and inclusion. Ruth works as the Events and Communications officer for my local council.

You can follow Ruth and the councils events on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/aylesburytc

You can read the article we reference here: https://www.visitaylesbury.co.uk/accessible-events-what-does-that-really-mean/

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Mar 03, 202026:12
Setting Goals with Kimberlene Lindau

Setting Goals with Kimberlene Lindau

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Hello and welcome to the first episode of Picking at Perfection! We are joined by Suit the Case Development ltd company founder Kimberlene Lindau. We discuss perfection in relation to setting goals and the importance of a growth mindset.
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Feb 07, 202024:21