The Academic Imperfectionist
@academicimp.bsky.social
Coaching, philosophy, and podcasting from @rebeccaroache.bsky.social
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What if your idea of 'doing the right thing' is self-harm in disguise? Latest episode: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/125 #academicsky #podcast
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 AM
What if your idea of 'doing the right thing' is self-harm in disguise? Latest episode: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/125 #academicsky #podcast
Exciting update! After appearing on the podcast, Dana Klisanin wrote a great article in @psychologytoday.com in which she reflects on imperfection. Here it is!
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digi...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digi...
What if Imperfection Is a Psychological Strength?
Many of us hold ourselves back because something feels “almost ready.” What if imperfection isn’t a flaw but a psychological strength shaped by nature?
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January 21, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Exciting update! After appearing on the podcast, Dana Klisanin wrote a great article in @psychologytoday.com in which she reflects on imperfection. Here it is!
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digi...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/digi...
First episode of 2026! My conversation with Dr Dana Klisanin about how reconnecting to nature means tapping in to an important and powerful source of strength. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/124 #academicsky
January 9, 2026 at 12:33 PM
First episode of 2026! My conversation with Dr Dana Klisanin about how reconnecting to nature means tapping in to an important and powerful source of strength. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/124 #academicsky
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Need help with your procrastination problem? Read my latest article in Psyche! psyche.co/guides/how-t... #academicsky #procrastination #productivity
How to think differently about procrastination and make progress | Psyche Guides
Avoid the trap of thinking you’re either working or not. A different mindset promises less self-judgment and more progress
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January 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Need help with your procrastination problem? Read my latest article in Psyche! psyche.co/guides/how-t... #academicsky #procrastination #productivity
@saraluckelman.bsky.social Don't you need to update your handle to 'Prof Logic'? 😃
December 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@saraluckelman.bsky.social Don't you need to update your handle to 'Prof Logic'? 😃
Is your self-deprecation out of control? Let me fix that for you. It's the final episode of 2025, and I'm on a mission to make you smile! 😀 Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/123
#academicsky
#academicsky
December 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Is your self-deprecation out of control? Let me fix that for you. It's the final episode of 2025, and I'm on a mission to make you smile! 😀 Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/123
#academicsky
#academicsky
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This really helped me this week thank you! Finally wrote that juicy last paragraph of my manuscript intro ✍️
December 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This really helped me this week thank you! Finally wrote that juicy last paragraph of my manuscript intro ✍️
Worth a read, and The Academic Imperfectionist gets a mention!
A little personal, but here's a new post about Imposter Syndrome.
I've dealt with it for years and none of the usual advice worked. Then I realized it behaves like a conspiracy theory – and that insight changed how I relate to it.
Check it out here!
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I've dealt with it for years and none of the usual advice worked. Then I realized it behaves like a conspiracy theory – and that insight changed how I relate to it.
Check it out here!
open.substack.com/pub/kylevo/p...
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Worth a read, and The Academic Imperfectionist gets a mention!
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Stuck for gift ideas? My book, in hardback, is dirt cheap. Waitrose quality* for Lidl price. Looks snazzy on the shelf too.
*Oh come on. It's at *least* Sainsbury's.
*Oh come on. It's at *least* Sainsbury's.
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Stuck for gift ideas? My book, in hardback, is dirt cheap. Waitrose quality* for Lidl price. Looks snazzy on the shelf too.
*Oh come on. It's at *least* Sainsbury's.
*Oh come on. It's at *least* Sainsbury's.
Here's an INCREDIBLY effective tool to increase productivity AND beat stress. Be warned, though - it's also incredibly unexciting. Episode #122: Write it down, make it happen. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/122 or wherever you get your podcasts. #academicsky #podcast #productivity
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here's an INCREDIBLY effective tool to increase productivity AND beat stress. Be warned, though - it's also incredibly unexciting. Episode #122: Write it down, make it happen. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/122 or wherever you get your podcasts. #academicsky #podcast #productivity
I'm sorry to say that, due to illness, there will be no episode tomorrow 🤧🤒 If I can get on top of things, it will appear on Friday next week instead. By way of compensation, here is a photo of Bramble licking her nose.
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'm sorry to say that, due to illness, there will be no episode tomorrow 🤧🤒 If I can get on top of things, it will appear on Friday next week instead. By way of compensation, here is a photo of Bramble licking her nose.
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Is it growth or self recrimination?
Here's a thorny one. What if self-improvement is just a respectable-seeming form of self-rejection? The latest episode takes a look at how to ensure you're bettering yourself for the right reasons. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/121 or in all the usual podcast places #academicsky
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Is it growth or self recrimination?
Here's a thorny one. What if self-improvement is just a respectable-seeming form of self-rejection? The latest episode takes a look at how to ensure you're bettering yourself for the right reasons. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/121 or in all the usual podcast places #academicsky
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Here's a thorny one. What if self-improvement is just a respectable-seeming form of self-rejection? The latest episode takes a look at how to ensure you're bettering yourself for the right reasons. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/121 or in all the usual podcast places #academicsky
Freshly-hatched new episode! And it's a corker: Professor Wendelien van Eerde on the science of procrastination. Stop your faffing and have a listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/120 #academicsky #procrastination #productivity #motivation
October 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Freshly-hatched new episode! And it's a corker: Professor Wendelien van Eerde on the science of procrastination. Stop your faffing and have a listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/120 #academicsky #procrastination #productivity #motivation
New episode! How does an academic philosopher get into coaching and podcasting? Listen and find out: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/118 #academicsky #podcast #coaching #perfectionism #productivity
September 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New episode! How does an academic philosopher get into coaching and podcasting? Listen and find out: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/118 #academicsky #podcast #coaching #perfectionism #productivity
New episode! Do you constantly struggle to work out how long things will take? It's more than just a planning problem. Help is at hand! Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/117
#academicsky #timemanagement #productivity
#academicsky #timemanagement #productivity
September 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
New episode! Do you constantly struggle to work out how long things will take? It's more than just a planning problem. Help is at hand! Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/117
#academicsky #timemanagement #productivity
#academicsky #timemanagement #productivity
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Academic Imperfectionist (a project by Dr Rebecca Roache—a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Uni. of London, & a trained coach who launched this platform with the aim to help people overcome perfectionism and flourish on their own terms) leaves X (916 followers)
Bluesky: @academicimp.bsky.social
Bluesky: @academicimp.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Academic Imperfectionist (a project by Dr Rebecca Roache—a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Uni. of London, & a trained coach who launched this platform with the aim to help people overcome perfectionism and flourish on their own terms) leaves X (916 followers)
Bluesky: @academicimp.bsky.social
Bluesky: @academicimp.bsky.social
I'm back with a new episode! Do you think of yourself as a procrastinator? If you do, then stop it. There's a better way to understand and overcome your struggles to get things done. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/116
#academicsky #procrastination #productivity #anxiety
#academicsky #procrastination #productivity #anxiety
August 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm back with a new episode! Do you think of yourself as a procrastinator? If you do, then stop it. There's a better way to understand and overcome your struggles to get things done. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/116
#academicsky #procrastination #productivity #anxiety
#academicsky #procrastination #productivity #anxiety
Friends, I'm about to take a summer break. Next episode will be 22nd August, when I'll be telling you some mind-blowing stuff about procrastination that you never realised you needed to know - don't miss it! In the mean time, here is Lou drinking from a tap. #academicsky
July 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Friends, I'm about to take a summer break. Next episode will be 22nd August, when I'll be telling you some mind-blowing stuff about procrastination that you never realised you needed to know - don't miss it! In the mean time, here is Lou drinking from a tap. #academicsky
I haven't been here for a while but the episodes haven't stopped coming! Do you worry that you haven't achieved enough? This is for you. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/115 or wherever you get your podcasts! #academicsky #achievement
July 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I haven't been here for a while but the episodes haven't stopped coming! Do you worry that you haven't achieved enough? This is for you. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/115 or wherever you get your podcasts! #academicsky #achievement
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#AcademicSky! I sing the praises of @academicimp.bsky.social whenever I can, but this weeks ep interviewing Joli Jensen about the challenges of focusing on writing is particularly good!
#93: Guest interview! Professor Joli Jensen on draining the drama from writing — The Academic Imperfectionist
Your Imperfectionist pal here has lost count of the times she's recommended
Joli Jensen's mind-bogglingly helpful book, Write No Matter What, to
struggling, anxious academics. So, she was the perfec...
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August 23, 2024 at 7:07 PM
#AcademicSky! I sing the praises of @academicimp.bsky.social whenever I can, but this weeks ep interviewing Joli Jensen about the challenges of focusing on writing is particularly good!
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Denne måneden har jeg skrevet om håp og trang som drivkrefter i akademia, bl.a. inspirert av @davidbrax.bsky.social og @academicimp.bsky.social og med henvisning til @annesigrid.bsky.social
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Trang, håp eller forhåpninger?
La oss snakke om det som driver oss i akademia.
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November 8, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Denne måneden har jeg skrevet om håp og trang som drivkrefter i akademia, bl.a. inspirert av @davidbrax.bsky.social og @academicimp.bsky.social og med henvisning til @annesigrid.bsky.social
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I found this very moving.
Are you kind to everyone except yourself? Philosophy can help you view yourself - and treat yourself - in the compassionate way you view others. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/78
#78: Fix your self-compassion with the metaphysics of personal identity (and an Aeropress) — The A...
Your problem with self-compassion: the one that leads you to be kind and
supportive to other people, but nasty and vindictive to yourself. One
reason you struggle with the 'self' part of 'self-compa...
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November 20, 2024 at 7:46 PM
I found this very moving.
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This, from @academicimp.bsky.social, is a useful reminder that you don't need to read everything before you write.
#99: Hey! What you reading for? — The Academic Imperfectionist
It's a familiar story. We're feeling stuck and out-of-our-depth with our writing, so we decide we'll go and do a bit more reading - just, you know, to soak up some of the wisdom out there and become b...
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December 2, 2024 at 1:13 AM
This, from @academicimp.bsky.social, is a useful reminder that you don't need to read everything before you write.
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Really interesting discussion on academic 'hope labour' from @academicimp.bsky.social
www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/96
www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/96
January 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Really interesting discussion on academic 'hope labour' from @academicimp.bsky.social
www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/96
www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/96