Social Anxiety

Social Anxiety

By Andre Sólo

How Growing My People Skills Nurtured My Introvert Skills

The author hacked his personality – and learned something surprising.

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Social Anxiety

By Amy Heinz

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The Long Runway: Granting Kids the Time They Need to Socially Succeed

How do you help your kids navigate the long runway?

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Social Anxiety

By Monica Bielanko

Why I Can Never Order from Chipotle Again

My need to please people in general is a sickness. My need to please service professionals borders on pathology.

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Social Anxiety

By Sophia Dembling

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The Social Introvert: Can I Hide at My Own Wedding?

But “a wedding” is a generic term for an event that you can meld to your own needs, desires, and preferences; it needn’t be a full-out veil-and-flower-girl event with dinner, speeches, and a band playing hits of the 1980s.

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Social Anxiety

By Emily White

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Leave Your House, Change Your Life

In the long term, staying in can leave us more isolated—and isolation then compounds the stress we’re trying to avoid.

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Social Anxiety

By Meagan Francis

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3 Strategies for Surviving the First 5 Minutes of Any Social Situation

The funny thing about small talk is that hardly anyone really loves it. We only engage in it because we don’t know what else to say.

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