#0013: NO MORE DUCK SYNDROME

Summary: NO MORE DUCK SYNDROME EPISODE #0013 THE CONFIDENT MOM PODCAST * What is duck syndrome – and how it has become a toxic part of your life * Why fighting against it will increase your happiness. * 5 specific ways to stop the syndrome <a href="http://www.trishblackwell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/001.-2-copy-6.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-17532"></a> WHAT IS IT? In 2003, Duke jolted academia with a report describing how its female students felt pressure to be “effortlessly perfect”: smart, accomplished, fit, beautiful and popular, all without visible effort. At Stanford, it’s called the Duck Syndrome. A duck appears to glide calmly across the water, while beneath the surface it frantically, relentlessly paddles. The perception of a perfect life "believes social media is a huge contributor to the misperception among students that peers aren’t also struggling." It's easy to see how this could contribute to a feeling of loneliness and helplessness. <a href="http://www.trishblackwell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/syndrome.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-17533"></a> WHY I’M THINKING ABOUT DUCKS: * Because Ellie is obsessed. * Because I have suffered from both sides of effects of duck syndrome WHY TO FIGHT AGAINST IT: * Inauthentic * Isolating * Exhausting * False and based on lies from our enemy * Discourages us and discourages others – lifts no one up * Self-glorifying – when we fall prey to duck syndrome we are focused on impressing others, not necessarily on making an impression in the world HOW TO STOP THE SYNDROME: * Be honest with your struggle * Let people see your mess * Live to love and build up others – not yourself * Acknowledge your hard work (and give yourself periods of rest to glide) * Change your goals (go against perfectionistic thinking and other people’s opinions / strive to significance, not success)

#0013: NO MORE DUCK SYNDROME

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