Strategies for Overcoming Social Anxiety Archives

How do you practice conversations with social anxiety?

Having had conversations with 10,000+ strangers over the last decade, here’s one question I get asked a lot:

“So, how do I get better at conversations?”[…]

How energy therapy healed me from a lifelong social anxiety, depression and general anxiety

I was 23 and a chain of events and my past mental health struggles all piled up and dragged me down to the deepest depression yet.[…]

Social anxiety food: A person holding a bowl of foods that help calm down anxiety, like oatmeal and banana.

Calm Down From Social Anxiety with These Foods (and What Foods to Avoid)

When you’re already dealing with social anxiety, the last thing you need is for your anxiety to be made worse by what you eat and drink. Let’s take a look at some of the best and worst foods for social anxiety. […]

Positive Affirmations for Social Anxiety: Do’s and Don’ts

If you’ve been thinking about using positive affirmations for social anxiety, you must read this article first or you might do yourself more harm than good. You will also find …

How I Overcame Social Anxiety In Just One Hour

I lived with social anxiety for over 20 years, right through my entire childhood. At the time, I didn’t know I had a mental health issue. I just assumed I …

Improve Your Self Confidence In 15 Minutes

I used to be frighteningly under confident in social situations. And although people who know me now would never believe I used to doubt myself so much I literally had …

Best Explanation Of Mindfulness And Acceptance You Will Find On The Internet

Acceptance is an essential part of overcoming social anxiety. However, I noticed people tend to get confused when trying to understand what acceptance is, and how to put it into …

How To Convert Your Biggest Enemy Into Your Best Friend

One of the biggest ironies when you struggle with social anxiety is that you are afraid of judgment, criticism and rejection, and yet, you judge, criticize and reject yourself more …

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Hypnosis For Social Anxiety: Does it Really Work?

If you wonder whether hypnosis for social anxiety can help you, or think that hypnosis is some strange, woo-woo technique, let me ask you this: Did you[…]

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Why Medication Can’t Heal Your Social Anxiety (And What You Can Do Instead)

You’re sitting in the classroom and your teacher asks you something in front of the whole class. Or you’re at work and your boss suddenly calls you out in front of your colleagues.[…]