Owning your cringe instead of being a perfectionist!

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Shanequa Paris and Calum Leslie are celebrating you and your mini world cups! Maybe you're the undisputed champion of making the perfect playlist. Maybe you can book a holiday with an itinerary so good that nobody else has to think. Perhaps you can eyeball every ingredient when you're cooking and somehow it always tastes incredible! We're handing out (virtual) trophies for life's little victories. We want to celebrate the skills, talents and oddly specific things you're quietly brilliant at. Plus why are we all so afraid of looking silly? Maybe you didn't dance at the party. Maybe you never posted that video. Maybe you gave up a hobby because you weren't instantly good at it. We're talking about cringe culture, perfectionism and why we're so afraid of being seen trying. Perfectionism expert Professor Thomas Curran joins us to unpack why we're putting so much pressure on ourselves to get everything right first time. Has social media made us more self-conscious? Why does 'cringe' feel so powerful? And what happens when we stop worrying about what everyone else thinks? Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 1.