Navigating Social Anxiety: Insights and Strategies

The author of How To Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety, and Harvard Medical School Psychologist shares not only the science of Social Anxiety and ways to deal with it but some of her own battles with it.   Older episodes can be found ad-free exclusively at Stitcher Premium for $4.99/month.  Get one month free with offer code MENTAL at signup at www.StitcherPremium.com/mentalpod  More About Our Guest Retailer link for Dr Hendriksen's book: https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Yourself-Critic-Anxiety/dp/1250161703 Her website: https://www.ellenhendriksen.com/ Twitter @EllenHendriksen Her podcast is called Savvy Psychologist and can be found wherever folks like to get their podcasts Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling.  To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental  Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by TheGreatCoursesPlus.  For a full month free of lectures on tons of different courses go to www.TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/mental This episode is sponsored by Care/Of monthly vitamin subscription service.  For 25% off your first month of personalized vitamins go to www.TakeCareOf.com and enter offer code MENTAL Other Links Mentioned The website mentioned in the podcast for survivors of rape/incest is the Rape and Incest National Network.  www.rainn.org Ways to Help the Podcast ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review.  It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media.   It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod  -------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to Stitcher Premium for back catalog (& much more) -Older episodes can be found ad-free exclusively at Stitcher Premium for $4.99/month.  Get one month free with offer code MENTAL at signup at www.StitcherPremium.com/mentalpod  -Subscription includes all episodes, ad-free, going all the way back to ep #1 in 2011, plus back catalogs of tons of other great podcasts, standup albums, original content and more. -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal  or Zelle (make payment to mentalpod@gmail.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fund the podcast going abroad and recording European guests in July. https://www.gofundme.com/pauls-trip-to-ireland ——————————————————————————————— Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.