Guest: Ellen Hendriksen, PhD

“Extroverts can have social anxiety too,” and other truths in this revelatory podcast with Dr. Ellen Hendriksen. How to quiet your inner critic, overcome shyness and be your bright and shiny beautiful true self. Dr. Hendriksen and I share some of our most embarrassing moments (mostly mine!) and how they’re not really all that important to other people. She gives some great advice for dealing with social anxiety and helping our loved ones too.

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Guest: Mike Rucker, PhD

What’s in your fun file? It’s summertime and our days should be chock full of fun activities, right? Sometimes I run out of ideas. Feel me? Time to call in the experts. Mike shares some mindful ideas for bringing more fun (aka joy) into our lives. In the podcast Mike mentions the following two studies:

Interrupted Consumption: Disrupting Adaptation To Hedonic Experiences

Vacation Mindset: How Weekends Can Be More Refreshing

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