Megan Bruneau: How Perfectionism Holds You Back From Making It Big And How To Develop Self-Compassion In The Age Of Instagram
Megan Bruneau is a therapist, entrepreneur and podcast host with over 12 years of counseling behind her back. She is known for being transparent about sharing her own story of eating disorder, anxiety and perfectionism. Through her writing and speaking, Megan has created a platform where she shares stories of challenge, shame and failure (her own and today’s top entrepreneurs) on a personal and entrepreneurial level. Her mission to empower you to like yourself, follow your dreams and make it big.
In this conversation, we discuss:
- Megan’s journey from a licensed therapist to being an entrepreneur, a coach, a writer and a speaker
- How she juggles it all and how she plans to scale
- The relationship between spirituality, entrepreneurship and personal development
- Managing anxiety and depression
- Her discomfort with being perceived as an influencer
- Redefining being an influencer
- Her experience with the diet culture and weight loss messaging on social media
- The importance of viewing social media critically
- Seeing beauty in the mundane
- How Megan got 3,500 followers overnight after Melissa Hartwig mentioned her
- Bringing compassion and normalcy into social media
- The mistakes she made that prevented her Instagram growth
- How she became a MindBodyGreen contributor
- How she moved to New York
- How perfectionism may be holding you back in your life and how to move forward
- Why positive thinking doesn’t always work and what to do about it
Mentioned in this episode:
- Megan’s podcast, The Failure Factor
- Mark Groves @createthelove
- Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff
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About Megan Bruneau:
Quoted by Deepak Chopra as the “Millennials’ therapist,” Megan’s no-bullshit, relatable voice has garnered of 30m views and landed appearances on The T.D. Jakes Show, Good Morning America and New York 1 Morning News. Transparent about her own mental health, eating disorder history, frequent heartaches and uncertain entrepreneurial life in New York City, Megan’s vulnerable and humorous writing-style has inspired dozens of viral articles – making her a Huffington Post – homepage regular, MindBodyGreen, and Forbes favorite.
Megan has a master of arts in counseling psychology and a bachelor of arts in psychology and social work. With 12+ years experience providing crisis support, therapy, and coaching, she’s a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC #6420) in the province of British Columbia and sees clients globally as a coach. By sharing her personal experiences alongside her professional expertise, Megan seeks to change the way people relate to their inner and outer worlds. You can explore more of her wisdom on her Failure Factor Podcast, her YouTube channel, and her columns on Thrillist, Thought Catalog, Gaia, Entrepreneur, Verily and Quartz.
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