🔥 How The Romanticised Narrative of the Underdog Story Can Be Harmful - with Clinical Psychologist Dr Matt Slavin
In this video, you’ll explore how glorifying the ‘rise against the odds’ narrative can create unhealthy pressure, reinforce burnout cycles, and distort our understanding of resilience and success. This video can help you recognise when striving turns into self-sacrifice and how to reclaim balance without losing ambition.
🧠Dr Matt Slavin, also known as The Burnout Psychologist, is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, HCPC-registered, with over 10 years of clinical expertise. He specialises in helping professionals in high-pressure industries such as law, tech, finance, and leadership overcome burnout and emotional blocks.
Blending evidence-based approaches like EMDR with performance psychology, Dr Slavin supports ambitious men in redefining success, breaking through internalised masculinity norms, and building lasting psychological resilience.
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