This online program will help you overcome social anxiety and shyness from the comfort of your own home. Does your anxiety stop you living the life you want? Do you avoid situations that make you feel anxious, and then feel awful about it? Do you wish you could be less shy, less anxious and more…
The Anxiety Toolkit: Interview with Dr. Alice Boyes by Kyle MacDonald on June 3, 2015 This week on the Confident Mind Podcast I talk to Dr. Alice Boyes, a fellow New Zealander and former Clinical Psychologist, turned writer who now lives in Las Vegas. She has had her research about couples published in leading international…
Just stop by Kyle MacDonald on June 17, 2015 In this episode of The Confident Mind Podcast Kyle talks about the art of “just stopping”, how to take small moments of mindfulness through out a busy day and how this can help with stress and anxiety. Included is a simple mindfulness exercise to try and…
REPOSTED: The World in Black and White by Kyle MacDonald on September 1, 2016 First, apologies for not posting a new episode for a while. Don’t worry, there will be more to come, but I’m involved in a big side project right now which has taken up all my extra time. The Confident Mind will be back in a couple…
What is reality? by Kyle MacDonald on June 30, 2016 What is reality? It’s a philosophical question. Are we, like in the film “The Matrix”, all living in a computer simulation? This week on The Confident Mind I discuss how our perception of reality is unlikely to be a computer simulation, but however is nonetheless different…
Managing Social Anxiety At Work by Kyle MacDonald in Social Anxiety at Work, Stress Social anxiety interferes with all aspects of normal life, from relationships with friends and family to how we experience the world around us. And with the Christmas holidays well and truly over, no doubt a lot of you have found it…
When Mindfulness Doesn’t Work – Interview with Nathan Consedine by Kyle MacDonald on November 12, 2015 This week on the Confident Mind I talk with Nathan Consedine about the research into the limits of mindfulness. He is as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and has…
Vedic Meditation – Interview with Will Williams by Kyle MacDonald on May 20, 2015 This week on the “Confident Mind,” I talk to Will Williams. Will is an independent teacher of Vedic meditation, who works with individuals to sustain balance and achieve success in all areas of their personal and professional lives. After discovering meditation for…
Is Inferiority Complex Linked to Social Anxiety? 19 February 2015 Inferiority Complex / Kyle MacDonald Whether it’s about Greece’s economic woes or the Socceroos winning football’s Asian Cup, journalists love to bandy around the phrase “inferiority complex” as if it’s catch-all statement to imply doubt and uncertainty. But the term has its origins in the…