Archive for the 'Techniques' Category
The Art of Building Relationships – Part 2 – Congruency
July 10th, 2008In the first part of the series, I took time to explain what rapport was, and how you will be able to build better relationships with it. In this part more on the inverse, and how body language, and incongruence can lead to bad or untrusting relationships. Congruency can almost be said to be a [...]
The Art of Building Relationships – Part 1 – What is Rapport?
July 10th, 2008Whether you’re here because you want to learn to get dates, conquer your social anxiety, or just because you want to learn to be more socially inclined, at some point you will need to know how to build relationships. Maybe the first thought that pops into your head when you read the word “Relationship” is [...]
Quitting Smoking – The Night Before
July 2nd, 2008If you’re like me, you’re pretty good at putting thing off until the last minute. Seeing that I have set my goal to quit smoking tomorrow, this means that tonight, I will need to get everything in place. Here are a few things you may want to do the night before you quit.
Make sure you [...]
The Secret to Learning to Just Let Go and Be In the Present
July 1st, 2008Do you often find yourself worrying about stupid things to the point that you rarely have fun? Personally, this has always been a problem for me. I used to worry about everything and as a result I did just about nothing. Recently though, that has all been changing as I have learned to focus my [...]
Finding Encouragement in Discouraging Situations
June 23rd, 2008Just as with anything else you put your mind to, it’s inevitable that you’ll experience ups and downs as you become more confident in social situations. Perhaps one day, you may be a social animal, while the next you might feel like hiding. While the ups can be very gratifying, the downs can be very [...]
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 [...]
Can I Always Be “Present?” – Thoughts About Being In the “NOW”
June 5th, 2008When I first read “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle, my first thought was “How can I always be in the now, and still have things to work toward?” It seems like goals are always in the future, so it would seem at first glance that Mr. Tolle would have us believe that we [...]
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 [...]
