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One of the things that can be quite confusing about Social Anxiety Disorder is that it has a couple of names. And people often have trouble distinguishing shyness and social anxiety. So what’s the difference? Social Anxiety: Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is the psychiatric diagnosis and has been used as the official term in the…

In the Limelight: How to Live With Stagefright Public Speaking / Kyle MacDonald It’s traditional to start blogs on performance anxiety by running out a list of famous names of people who suffered from stage fright. And, sure, the fact that Adele, Barbara Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Kim Basinger, Rod Stewart, Donny Osmond and Lawrence Olivier…

This may seem like nonsense, but actually one of the best ways to cope with stress is to allow your self to feel a little bit of it, and to take on moderate and realistic challenges. In doing so we inoculate our body and our brain to stress. A lot of people who struggle with…

How to Manage Social Anxiety at Work by Kyle MacDonald in Social Anxiety at Work If you have been diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder (commonly referred to as SAD), you may have decided to handle it, at some point or another, by avoiding the cause of your phobia: people. Giving up on the prospect of…

The Courage to Give a Speech by Kyle MacDonald in Anxiety, Fear, Public Speaking “There are two types of public speakers. Those who get nervous and those who are liars.” ― Mark Twain Would you rather be dead than give a speech? That’s what most surveys say anyway. When asked about their fears people rank…

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…