Archive for May, 2008
Coping with Limiting Beliefs
May 12th, 2008About a month ago, a co-worker said something to me that just about made me fall off of my chair laughing. I have always had alot of respect for him, and believed that he was one of the most confident people I knew. On this day, he ed me this girls picture on myspace and [...]
Why read "The Power of Now"?
May 11th, 2008Up until recently, I spent every day suffering every day, as I struggled working toward getting everything I “needed” to be happy as many people do. Based on the way I was looking at things, I needed to have certain things before I’d really be happy, but I could never afford them. Then I [...]
Is Pickup Good or Bad?
May 11th, 2008For years, pickup artists have been portrayed in movies as sleazy men who seduce women just to get them into bed. I think that we can all agree that there are are pickup artists out there who fit this persona, but is he art of pickup really evil?
It has been nearly six months since I [...]
Before Now
May 11th, 2008For most of my life I have struggled with my social anxieties. I first remember experiencing this when I was around 10 years old. Separated from my best friends in school, I was mortified and pretty much unable to make new friends.
I was paralyzed by my fear until my junior year in high [...]
Systematic Desensitization for Social Anxiety
May 8th, 2008As a person who experiences social anxiety myself, I know that the amount of anxiety can be different in different situations. With me, for instance, I have little or no anxiety when it comes to meetings at work, or speaking and performing in front of large groups of people. If you saw me [...]
5 Tips for Improving Approach Anxiety
May 8th, 2008Many people suffer from approach anxiety and don’t even know what it is. In fact, I struggled with mine for a long time before I had any clue what I was dealing with. Essentially, approach anxiety is a fear of approaching people you do or do not know to start or join a conversation. I [...]
The Guide to Goals
May 7th, 2008Setting goals for yourself is very important to making any change. When making a change, goals provide us our only insite into whether we are successfull or not. Without them we would have nothing to motivate us to move forward.
Often times, when people fail to make a change, it isn’t because they couldn’t accomplish the [...]
Where am I With My Anxiety?
May 7th, 2008I have struggled with social anxiety for the past 20 years of my life. Events that began to unfold when I was 6 led to me first feeling uncomfortable when I was 8. When I was 6, my first grade teacher didn’t know how to teach exceptionally smart kids like me and assumed that because [...]
