A Virtual Approach to Treating Social Anxiety 21 June 2015 Therapy / Kyle MacDonald Because the basis of the continuation of social anxiety is avoidance, most treatments include confronting the triggers for those anxieties or phobias (some of you reading this will know just what I am talking about here). The issue for therapists (me…
When Willpower Won’t Work by Kyle MacDonald on July 1, 2015 In this episode of The Confident Mind Podcast I explore how willpower works, and doesn’t work, including some of the recent research on how to maximise willpower. Included is a practical mindfulness exercise to help you better manage your willpower. To see more about…
REPOSTED: The Egotist – Interview with Jesse Bogner by Kyle MacDonald on December 3, 2015 I’ve had a super busy week, so I gave myself some time off podcasting. In the meantime this episode is one of my personal favourites… In this episode of The Confident Mind I talk with Jesse Bogner, a twenty-seven year old…
How to Use Mindfulness Skills for Anxiety Disorders by Kyle MacDonald in Mindfulness A life-limiting disorder, social anxiety is characterized by “hyperfocus”. What this means is that if you have social anxiety, then you genuinely feel that “everybody” notices your nervousness and symptoms, and that you are being judged by them for it. Do you…
Liar Liar by Kyle MacDonald on June 16, 2016 We all lie, all the time. That’s what I talk about this week on The Confident Mind podcast. Honesty is a virtue we all hold to be worthwhile, but human nature means that we lie to others and most often ourselves, all the time. Reality is…
10 Tips About Social Anxiety and Diet 29 June 2015 / Diet / Kyle MacDonald Are we really what we eat? Well, yes and no – certainly the chemical reactions involved in eating and digesting our daily meals fuel us and have a manifest impact on the way we feel, but it’s also very important…
Emotions Make Themselves True by admin in Mindfulness Emotions are cunning things. You see if we feel something strongly enough, it just becomes true. It makes sense as their job is to keep us alive, but if you’re prone to feeling things too strongly then it means that your emotions can dictate how you see…
How Big Bird Helped Mr. Snuffleupagus Overcome Shyness by Kyle MacDonald in Shyness I loved Sesame Street when I was young. But I remember Snuffie (full name Aloysius Snuffleupagus) was pretty shy for a long time. When I was a kid he used to hide away and everyone thought he was Big Birds “imaginary friend”….
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Why Should I care? by Kyle MacDonald on June 1, 2016 This week on the Confident Mind I talk about compassion, both for ourselves and others. I explore how being able to feel compassion is vital for emotional health and how extending and challenging ourselves to feel compassion for others, also helps us be kinder…