Answering the social anxiety self test questions will help to assess if you have the symptoms of social anxiety. This simple test is designed to help you determine whether you may possibly be suffering from social anxiety / social phobia. It is different than suffering from shyness. Do I have Signs of Social Anxiety? How…
10 Tips About Social Anxiety and Diet by Kyle MacDonald in Diet 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…
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…
How to Increase Your Wellbeing: Interview with Aaron Jarden by Kyle on February 18, 2016 On The Confident Mind this week I spoke with Aaron Jarden. Aaron is a Senior Lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology, President of the New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology, lead investigator for the International Wellbeing Study and co-investigator…
A New Year … A New Approach To Living With Social Anxiety Social Anxiety / Kyle MacDonald 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…
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This story is a fictional case, but is made up of REAL clinical experiences from my 15+ years treating people with Social Anxiety Disorder Meet John … John came to see me because he was very upset and angry with himself that he had recently been a best man at a wedding and at the…
All Roads Lead to Rome by Kyle MacDonald on April 29, 2015 In this episode of “The Confident Mind,” I talk about how Mindfulness helps people overcome Social Anxiety, and how ultimately all treatments that “work” for Social Anxiety utilise the same process: helping us to better observe and understand the way our mind works. To…
Mindfulness and Social Anxiety by admin on June 18, 2013 in Anxiety, Mindfulness I read some exciting new research this week that I wanted to share with you. Brain research has confirmed what us clinicians and teachers of mindfulness have known for a long time: when we learn and use mindfulness skills it helps control…
Three Types of Jobs for Someone With Social Anxiety by Kyle MacDonald on April 18, 2015 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…