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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REPOSTED: Why Addiction is not a Disease – Interview with Marc Lewis by Kyle on January 7, 2016 Over the next five weeks I’ll be taking a break for the Southern Hemisphere Christmas and Summer Holiday. So each week I’ll be posting one of my interview podcasts from the last year. New Episodes from the…
Rise and …. Breathe by admin on June 10, 2013 in Mindfulness When was the last time you noticed the first thing you thought of when you woke up? You may never have deliberately paid attention to what your mind and body does on waking, and if you do it’s probably only because you can’t…
The Confident Mind – Social Anxiety Podcast https://www.overcomingsocialanxiety.com/ Welcome to The Confident Mind: the weekly Podcast of www.overcomingsocialanxiety.com, in which psychotherapist Kyle MacDonald explores the science, news and reality behind the use of mindfulness to help overcome social anxiety, social phobia and shyness. As well as having a relaxed and sometimes lighthearted look at the…
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or “CBT” is a well-established treatment approach of many mental health problems including Social Anxiety Disorder. It helps people observe their thoughts, ideas and beliefs that tend to support or intensify the emotions of anxiety. At it’s core CBT believes that our thoughts create our emotions, and our thoughts are influenced by…
Prom night is supposed to be a fun occasion, a rite of passage to mark the end of High School. Yet, for teenagers with social anxiety, prom night may look more like an ordeal, and the temptation to skip it irresistible. Unrealistic expectations, the idea that nothing less than perfection will do, and peer pressure…
Getting Stuck in Sadness by Kyle MacDonald on May 12, 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 mindfulness…