Curious And Curiouser Podcast

Why do we feel compelled to compare ourselves to others and what are the negative consequences of doing so?   This is the question Tracey and Cayly are attempting to answer in this week’s episode of the Curious & Curiouser Podcast. They also offer a quick vocabulary lesson to help distinguish between envy and jealousy, and talk about which of these feelings is most at play when we find ourselves drawing comparisons between our lives and the lives of those around us.   Tracey and Cayly describe how comparison-making has gone awry in their own lives, and explore the ways in which putting someone up on a pedestal can be a barrier to building a relationship with them.   The ladies also offer some tips on disrupting this pattern of comparing and discuss the role social media plays in potentially exacerbating this urge to compare.   This is a topic that touches on every other question so far addressed on the show, and is important for the far-reaching implications this comparison game has on almost every aspect