Archive for the 'Learning' Category
The Therapeutic Qualities of Social Networks
June 11th, 2008Since it was released, I have been hearing quite a bit about this new social network called “Plurk.” Initially I put off joining as I didn’t want to have to interact with people to build another network of friends. Finally yesterday I decided to join and see what all of the hype was about. Initially [...]
Social Anxiety | Make Decisions! | General Information | Dealing With Social Anxiety
June 10th, 2008I stumbled upon this post earlier as I was checking through my feeds. Prior to this I had always looked at the effect of my anxiety on the decisions I made, but never the other way around. After reading it however, I am going to try to force myself to make decisions more quickly, and [...]
5 Ways to Boost Your Confidence to a New Level
June 10th, 2008Image courtesy of AarinFreePhoto.com.
Continue to Learn – The more you know, the more you have to be confident about. Why not fill in with knowledge in areas where you’re not so confident. Generally it helps to pick subjects that are relevent to the people you are around. Perhaps sports, music, movies or current news [...]
Dating 101 for the Socially Anxious
June 7th, 2008Ok, so you’ve managed to overcome your anxiety enough to get a date, and now you’re feeling the dread of the infamous first date. How can you do it? What will you say? Will you sink or swim? Ooooh, the anxiety.
Don’t Panic. Did you bring your towel?
Relax, most of your anxiety is most likely [...]
Blogging as Therapy for Social Anxiety – Can it Help?
June 5th, 2008Lately there has been quite a bit of news about how blogging can be therapeutic and I have been reading along. I have been blogging for over two years, and I had never stopped to think about how it might be therapeutic up until I started seeing articles pop up on Digg, Slashdot, and the [...]
NLP Resources
June 1st, 2008I have mentioned NLP in many of my articles, but I have been trying to avoid writing too much about it, because I do not feel I know enough to do the subject any justice. At the same time I have been itching to introduce everyone to this amazing field as it has been [...]
6 Tips to Help You Prepare to Quit Smoking
June 1st, 2008As some of you already know from my last blog, I have decided to quit smoking this Thursday (April 3rd, 2008) and invite any of you to join me in doing the same. For those of you who are going to continue to wait to quit, you have plenty of time to prepare. For those [...]
Inner Dialog – The Craziness in Us All
May 27th, 2008When you pass someone on the street who is muttering unintelligibly to himself, you most likely take a moment to consider, how crazy that person must be. If you’re thinking about it though, you’re having your own conversation about it, just internally. This internal conversation that we all have is what is known [...]
The Curse of Self-Limiting Beliefs
May 24th, 2008In many ways, the beliefs we have define the people we are. Whether positive or negative they define how we interpret and react to each and every situation we experience. Usually it is easy to tell the difference between our positive and negative though, but one type of beliefs, self-limiting beliefs, can often fall into [...]
But I’m Shy
May 20th, 2008How many times have you heard someone say “I can’t because I’m shy.” or something similar? Personally, I have heard it a million times and there have been many times that that same phrase has come out of my own mouth. In reality this phrase is just a well accepted excuse that we use when [...]
