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Hello John, It’s Great to See You Again! by Kyle MacDonald on April 8, 2015 in Social Anxiety, Social Anxiety at Work About 18 months ago I decided to create John (a fictional character) and wrote some posts about his experiences with social anxiety. The stories were all made up of real clinical experiences from…

Yes, My Social Anxiety Podcast is Here! by Kyle MacDonald on April 22, 2015 In this, the first episode of “The Confident Mind,” the weekly Podcast of overcomingsocialanxiety.com, I outline the basics of Mindfulness, talks about the sorts of topics that this Podcast will cover and gives a small practical example or “taster” of mindfulness practice….

How The Seattle Seahawks Used Mindfulness Training to Help Win The Superbowl by Kyle MacDonald on February 13, 2014 in Meditation, Mindfulness A recent article on ESPN described how the Seattle Seahawks team sports psychologist, Mike Gervais, used mindfulness training and meditation as a core part of the team’s training regime. Here’s a snippet from the…

Social Anxiety Test: Congratulations, You Failed! by Kyle MacDonald in Social Anxiety There aren’t many tests in life that people want to fail. But largely psychological tests are one of those situations. There are many psychological tests out there to help people figure out what kind of personality they have, what sort of work you might…

Is Inferiority Complex Linked to Social Anxiety? 19 February 2015 Inferiority Complex / Kyle MacDonald Whether it’s about Greece’s economic woes or the Socceroos winning football’s Asian Cup, journalists love to bandy around the phrase “inferiority complex” as if it’s catch-all statement to imply doubt and uncertainty. But the term has its origins in the…

‘Don’t talk to strangers!’ you were told as a kid. That’s all very well, but now that you are all grown up, you actually have to talk to strangers all the time, be it in a social or professional context, when, really, you wish you didn’t have to! Human interaction is part of our everyday…