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 to be mindful that just because we’ve popped out for a burger rather than whipping
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How To Have a Frightfully Good Time At a Party (When You’re Anxious) by Kyle MacDonald in in Public When fear becomes part of your daily routine it might seem strange that a festival based on being frightened can actually help. Halloween has its roots in pagan and religious festivals – but for all intents…
The Anxiolytic: Interview with Social Anxiety Survivor Hamish Lou by Kyle MacDonald on February 3, 2016 On The Confident Mind this week I talk with Hamish Lou, a survivor of Social Anxiety, and a blogger. Hamish is a 4th year pharmacy student who has had success dealing with his social anxiety. He loves to write…
Online Therapy: Interview with Dr. John Grohol of psychcentral.com by Kyle MacDonald on June 24, 2015 In this episode of The Confident Mind Podcast Kyle talks with Dr. John Grohol of psychcentral.com about Online therapy. John is a pioneer in online mental health, publishing the first commercial mental health portal in 1995. He was the first…
Avoiding Avoidance (Video Blog) by admin on May 9, 2013 in Acceptance, Avoidance Avoiding anxiety and fear is hard work. It actually takes a lot of energy to keep those emotions away. What then starts to happen is that it increases our anxiety. We start to feel more anxious about feeling anxious, and that creates…
How to do hard things by Kyle MacDonald on October 28, 2015 On this weeks episode of the Confident Mind Podcast, I talk about how I’ve taken the week off to start a project I’ve been procrastinating about for quite some time. It got me thinking about the role of anxiety and avoidance in procrastination,…
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