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…

Are You a Perfectionist? (Video Blog) by Kyle MacDonald in Perfectionism One of things that’s tricky with social anxiety is understanding what ‘getting it right’ actually looks like. What do you think it means to get it right, or get it wrong, in a social situation? Do you think that it’s important to be perfect when you…

Going to college is a life-changing event in any case. You suddenly have to cope with a completely different schedule, among strangers, often far for home, and having to manage your life on your own, from making sure you get to class on time to looking after yourself. If you are afflicted with social anxiety,…

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…

Who is Kyle? Hi, I’m Kyle, and I’m here to help people like you on their path to Overcoming Social Anxiety, and you’ve just taken your first step! If you have Social Anxiety, or feel that your Shyness gets in the way of you achieving what you want in life, then you’re in the right place….

There’s no such thing as normal by Kyle MacDonald on December 9, 2015 This week on the Confident Mind I talk about “normal” and how as it’s an abstract concept, no one is actually normal.  I explore how we all tend to act like out there, somewhere, are normal people that we are comparing ourselves…