REPOSTED: Getting Stuck in Sadness by Kyle MacDonald on August 14, 2016 This week on the Confident Mind I talk about sadness and how one of the ways that depression happens is when we get stuck in sadness, and allow it to define our sense of ourselves. I discuss research that shows that when we practice…

Introducing “The Confident Mind” Podcast 23 April 2015 Podcast / Kyle MacDonald Well it’s here and I’m very excited about it – my new social anxiety podcast! I have called it “The Confident Mind”, and every week I will now be publishing a new podcast as well as my regular blog article. I’ll be interviewing…

Last weekend, I was enjoying watching my Rugby Union team, the Auckland Blues, play the Cape Town Stormers, from South Africa.  There are a fair few South Africans who have figured out New Zealand is an awesome place to live, and so the Stormers had some very vocal supporters despite it being an away game…

What I Do The Rest Of The Week… by Kyle MacDonald in Interviews A lot of what OvercomingSocialAnxiety (“OSA”) is about is removing the stigma surrounding anxiety and mental health issues and getting people talking both about how they’re feeling and how the world treats those who struggle with issues such as social anxiety. That’s…

Three Types of Jobs for Someone With Social Anxiety by Kyle MacDonald in Social Anxiety at Work   I’ve written before about how to deal with social anxiety in the workplace and how to tackle job interviews when you have social anxiety – but what type of jobs should you go for in the first place?…

Over the past year, this blog has dealt with a wide range of topics concerning Social Anxiety: from coping with social anxiety at work to combating stage fright, and from the science behind how our brains work to the puppets on Sesame Street. There have been ways to help understand the symptoms of Social Anxiety…