Introducing “The Confident Mind” Podcast by Kyle MacDonald in Podcast 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 all sorts…
So, You Want To Be Invisible? 8 June 2015 Avoidance / Kyle MacDonald One of the most basic instincts when confronted by triggers for your social anxiety, is the desire to become invisible. Have to talk in front of a large group of people? You wish they couldn’t see you. Have to walk down a…
Online Therapy: Interview with Dr. John Grohol of psychcentral.com by Kyle MacDonald on June 24, 2015 In this episode of The Confident Mind Podcast Kyle talks with Dr. John Grohol of psychcentral.com about Online therapy. John is a pioneer in online mental health, publishing the first commercial mental health portal in 1995. He was the first…
Panic Attacks and Social Anxiety Disorder Panic Attacks / Kyle MacDonald Among all the automatic responses our bodies have to stress, panic attacks are certainly one of the most difficult to deal with. If you suffer from social anxiety, it is an additional challenge: you may not only worry about a situation itself, but also…
Social Media Anxiety: The Good, Bad and the Ugly 10 February 2015 Social Media / Kyle MacDonald Different World, Same Issues Very little has swept through our world quite as completely in recent centuries as social media. It’s quite likely you’ve come across this blog via Facebook, Twitter or Google+ and, if you think it’s…
Decision Making and Avoidance Behavior – How to Know the Difference? by Kyle MacDonald in Avoidance You might think that the answer to this question is obvious: in the first case, you make a decision, in the second, you don’t. But how about decisions that aren’t really decisions and are actually avoidance strategies; how about…
Is Our Internal Voice a Social Anxiety Friend or Foe? 30 September 2014 Cognitive Based Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Social Anxiety / Kyle MacDonald We may not always be aware of it, but we go about our daily lives against a background of running commentary. Some of it is practical and useful like “I’ve got…
Sometimes one of the easiest places to hide is in a crowd: all those people worried about leading their own lives are highly unlikely to be thinking too much about anyone else jostling amongst them. While some people with social phobia can find crowds a serious trigger to their anxiety – others are more troubled…
How Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Can Help You Overcome Social Anxiety by Kyle MacDonald in Cognitive Based Therapy, Meditation, Mindfulness We have all experienced feeling out of our comfort zone in social situations at some point in our lives, and some might argue that challenging yourself, within reason, isn’t always a bad thing and might…
How to get Motivated by Kyle MacDonald on March 2, 2016 This week on the Confident Mind, it’s all about motivation: what it is and how to get more of it. Or more specifically how mindfulness can help us overcome a lack of motivation, and do hard things. I talk about the paradox of motivation,…