278: Dr. Ellen Hendriksen on Social Anxiety

<p>Dr. Ellen Hendriksen is a clinical psychologist who helps millions calm their anxiety and be their authentic selves through her award-winning podcast, The Savvy Psychologist, and in the clinic at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. In this episode, she and Eric discuss her debut book is,&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/2DF99IV" target="_blank"><em>How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety</em></a>. If you suffer from social anxiety, you will learn a lot of practical tools to use to help you overcome it and suffer less.</p><p><a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/2019" target="_blank">Need help with completing your goals in 2019?&nbsp;The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year.</a></p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p>In This Interview, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen and I Discuss…</p><ul><li>Her book,&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/2DF99IV" target="_blank"><em>How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety</em></a></li><li>The positive qualities that often accompany social anxiety in a person</li><li>That the opposite of social anxiety is actually psychopathy</li><li>The neuroscience of social anxiety</li><li>How if you face your fears you can change your brain</li><li>The problematic nature of avoidance when it comes to social anxiety&nbsp;</li><li>Overt avoidance</li><li>Covert avoidance</li><li>Thinking that the worst case scenario is a foregone conclusion</li><li>Avoidance means we never see what actually happens</li><li>The inner critic</li><li>The buckets that the Inner Critic likes to attack: Appearance, the Signs of Anxiety Themselves, Social Skills, On