The Confident Mind – Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness

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…

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…

A couple of weeks ago I was recently really pleased to be part of a panel for the Social Media Club (#SMCAKL), here in my home city of Auckland, New Zealand. The panel consisted of Louise Campagnone, General Manager of Find Someone (New Zealand’s largest and longest running online dating website), Trak Gray, Digital Social…

How Not to Use Facebook by Kyle MacDonald on February 24, 2016 This week on the Confident Mind I talk about research that suggests that Facebook use is related to depression, and how a recent study suggests that these results are driven by the impact of social comparisons.  I explore what social comparisons are and…

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The Social Anxiety Awkward Silence Moment by Kyle MacDonald in Silence Comfortable silence.  Awkward silence. Thoughtful silence. Angry silence. It might be a myth, but I’ve heard it said that the Native Aleutian people (Eskimos) have 400 words to describe snow.  As a therapist we probably have 200 words to describe silence. Generally though, for those…