Christopher Ryan, Ph.D., is co-author of the New York Times best seller, Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What it Means for Modern Relationships (HarperCollins) and hosts the popular podcast, Tangentially Speaking.
When we fall prey to perfectionism, we think we’re honorably aspiring to be our very best, but often we’re really just setting ourselves up for failure, as perfection is impossible and its pursuit inevitably backfires.