Rebecca Roache
@rebeccaroache.bsky.social
Philosopher and a few other things. Podcasting @AcademicImp.bsky.social
www.academicimperfectionist.com
www.academicimperfectionist.com
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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
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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...
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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
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
Happy 25th December from Megatron
December 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy 25th December from Megatron
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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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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!
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.
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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
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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?
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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.
Needed to look at my article on sulking for @aeon.co from a few years ago so did a search for 'roache sulking'. This was Google's 'AI Overview'. Enjoying the implied suggestion that cockroaches sulk, but not in a 'human emotional' sense.
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Needed to look at my article on sulking for @aeon.co from a few years ago so did a search for 'roache sulking'. This was Google's 'AI Overview'. Enjoying the implied suggestion that cockroaches sulk, but not in a 'human emotional' sense.
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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Grey day on the patio. Painting, drawing and listening to the @academicimp.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Grey day on the patio. Painting, drawing and listening to the @academicimp.bsky.social
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Join us in signing and sharing this petition to prevent layoffs of over 400 people (both academic & professional services staff) at Lancaster University. We are all at risk and it's a scary time.
Hello UK friends - please, please could you sign this petition against the job cuts at my place of work - 1 in 4 us will be out of a job by August next year if we don't stop the cuts. And once you've signed it, please share. We need your help! www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...
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Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
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July 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Join us in signing and sharing this petition to prevent layoffs of over 400 people (both academic & professional services staff) at Lancaster University. We are all at risk and it's a scary time.
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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
For F*ck's Sake is currently half price! Perfect summer read and looks pretty on your bookshelf 🌞
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July 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For F*ck's Sake is currently half price! Perfect summer read and looks pretty on your bookshelf 🌞
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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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“Awkward silences” (by @rebeccaroache.bsky.social, June 26, 2025, via @aeon.co)
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What’s so awkward about an awkward silence? | Aeon Essays
What is it about lulls in conversation that make them so very uncomfortable? It has to do with how we connect with each other
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June 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“Awkward silences” (by @rebeccaroache.bsky.social, June 26, 2025, via @aeon.co)
aeon.co/essays/whats...
aeon.co/essays/whats...
So this is where everyone is! Opened this app for the first time in many months - how lovely to be greeted by so many followers. Will get around to doing something with this soon. In the meantime here is Grayson.
November 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
So this is where everyone is! Opened this app for the first time in many months - how lovely to be greeted by so many followers. Will get around to doing something with this soon. In the meantime here is Grayson.