This story is a fictional case, but is made up of REAL clinical experiences from my 15+ years treating people with Social Anxiety Disorder Meet John … John came to see me because he was very upset and angry with himself that he had recently been a best man at a wedding and at the…
REPOSTED: This is Your Brain on Fear by Kyle MacDonald on October 21, 2015 So this is my most popular episode so far, so I thought it was well worth a replay. Back next week! In this episode of The Confident Mind Podcast I explore the ways in which mindfulness changes how our brain is…
Did you know that roughly 35% of the population have experienced some form of a panic attack? That’s probably higher than you thought right? However only a small percentage then go on to develop some form of panic or anxiety disorder. What this highlights is that it’s how we respond to situations we find ourselves in…
How To Get Over a Breakup 17 November 2015 Acceptance, Anger / Kyle MacDonald Breakups are tough. It’s not just the stuff of country and western ballads or soft-focus romantic comedies, it’s a visceral and often debilitating pain to end a relationship in which you’ve most likely invested a great deal of emotional energy. Even…
Is Our Internal Voice a Social Anxiety Friend or Foe? by Kyle MacDonald in Cognitive Based Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Social Anxiety We may not always be aware of it, but we go about our daily lives against a background of running commentary. Some of it is practical and useful like “I’ve got to post…
How to get Motivated by Kyle MacDonald on March 2, 2016 This week on the Confident Mind, it’s all about motivation: what it is and how to get more of it. Or more specifically how mindfulness can help us overcome a lack of motivation, and do hard things. I talk about the paradox of motivation,…