November 05, 2025

Are you a perfectionist?

27 minutes

Welcome to Complex, the psychology podcast that will help you live more positively, calmly and - hopefully - with more balance.

Kimberley Wilson, chartered psychologist, is on a mission to sift through all the information and misinformation that’s out there around our mental health to help you understand what your mind is doing and create more self-awareness.

She invites expert guests – trained psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists – to join her and together they share insight and valuable tips.

In this episode, Kimberley delves into perfectionism with health psychologist Dr Sula Windgassen.

Is perfectionism useful? Does it help you achieve more? Live a happier life? Sula and Kimberley explore what perfectionism does, what it does to us, and what we can do to manage it.

Please get in touch if there’s anything you would like Kimberley to explore. The email address is [email protected]. We might use what you tell us in the show, but we will make sure we do so anonymously. If you don’t want your email to be included in the podcast, then please remember to let us know.

Kimberley is not able to answer emails personally. So if you are concerned you have a medical or mental health issue, then please contact your GP or seek expert help. Please also take a look on the BBC Actionline page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/ where you can find details of organisations offering information and support for common issues.

The Complex team:

Host: Kimberley Wilson

Guest: Dr Sula Windgassen

Producer: Kirsten Lass

Assistant Producer: Katie Chandler Clarke

Science Editor: Rami Tzabar

Tech Producer: Reuben Huxtable

Sound Designer: Ruth Rainey

Digital Lead: Richard Berry

Presenter image: Darren Skene

And for BBC Sounds:

Commissioning Producer: Izzy Lee-Poulton

Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts

Complex is a Loftus Media production for BBC Sounds.

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