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Optimising is just perfectionism in disguise. Here’s why that’s a problem

By Catherine Houlihan, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast

If you regularly scroll health and wellness content online, you’ve no doubt heard of optimising.

Optimisation usually means striving to make something the best it can be – the “optimal” version. A decade ago, it was mainly used to talk about workplace strategy, describing how a positive mindset might increase workers’ productivity.

But more recently it’s exploded…

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