Today we have Dr. Ellen Hendriksen on the podcast. Dr. Hendriksen is a clinical psychologist who helps millions calm their anxiety and be there authentic selves through her award-winning Savvy Psychologist podcast, which has been downloaded over 5 million times, and at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. Her latest book is called “How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety.”
- What is your real self?
- What is social anxiety?
- What is the opposite of social anxiety?
- What’s the goal of therapy to treat social anxiety?
- How to be comfortable when you are “caught being yourself”
- The importance of self-compassion
- The difference between introversion and social anxiety
- Techniques to overcome social anxiety
- The Orchid-Dandelion Hypothesis
- The relationship between the highly sensitive person and openness to experience
- The importance of going out and living your life first, and letting your confidence catch up
- The importance of turning attention “inside out”
- How perfectionism holds us back
- The importance of “daring to be average”
- The myth of “hope in a bottle”
- Gender differences in the manifestation of social anxiety