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Shame Attacking: A Surprising Cure for Social Anxiety Hosts: Kevin Cornelius, LMFT Dr. David Burns Episode Summary Many people believe social anxiety is caused by low self-esteem, poor social skills, or awkwardness. But what if the real culprit is shame? In this episode, Dr. Davi ...  Show more

Conquering Social Anxiety: The Courage to Reach Out Hosts: Kevin Cornelius, LMFT Dr. David Burns In this deeply moving episode, Dr. David Burns and Kevin Cornelius explore one of the most painful and misunderstood forms of anxiety: social anxiety. David shares a remarkable true s ...  Show more

On this episode, I answer your questions! The 3 I tackle today are: how do I break away from negative friends? Can you help me understand why I can't leave my house without feeling panicky? And, how long did it take for you to recover? I give detailed answers to each of these ...

On this Q&A episode, I answer: How do you subtract toxic relationships from your life? How do you say no and be more assertive? How do you stick to the recovery path? Why do you take cold showers?  Listen to find out!

—The Anxiety Recovery Program—

Dr. Rick and Forrest dive into the mailbag, and answer questions from listeners focused on working with anxiety in ourselves and our relationships. They start with a question that’s essential to the podcast as a whole: is it possible to be too preoccupied with personal growth? Ri ...  Show more

Dr. Rick and Forrest open up the mailbag to answer listener questions about trauma and its impact on personality, boundaries, anger, and burnout. They discuss how to distinguish the authentic self from the patterns we needed to learn to survive, how to balance duty to self with d ...  Show more