284 // How to be Less Self-Conscious

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to episode 284 of The Mindful Kind podcast.

In this episode, you'll learn about The Spotlight Effect and how it can amplify feelings of self-consciousness. You'll also discover three strategies to help reduce the impact of The Spotlight Effect, including:

Remind yourself about the real impacts of The Spotlight Effect
Change your perspective by asking yourself, "Will this matter in 5 years?"
Take a look around and acknowledge that the majority of the people will be experiencing The Spotlight Effect, too, which means they're much more preoccupied with their own mistakes and flaws than paying attention to yours.

Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this episode of The Mindful Kind podcast. Head over to betterhelp.com/themindfulkind to receive 10% off your first month.

Thank you for listening and I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Mindful Kind podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the
0:08.9	Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at Rachelcable.com. Each week this podcast will bring
0:15.4	meaningful tips, tools and strategies so you can manage stress and live more mindfully in the modern world.
0:24.1	Hello and welcome to episode 284 of the Mindful Kind podcast. First of all, I just want to take a
0:31.7	quick moment to say hi. I've been creating this podcast for more than five and a half years and sometimes I forget that as well as my lovely regular listeners, there are wonderful new listeners stumbling across these episodes all the time and tuning in.
0:48.3	So here's a quick introduction and then we're going to dive into a really awesome episode, which I'm very excited about.
0:55.1	So for those who don't know, I'm Rach. I live in Victoria, in Australia with my partner
1:00.5	DEC and our two King Charles Cavaliers, Minnie and Moose. Growing up, I really struggled with
1:06.7	my mental health and experienced stress and anxiety and depression and post-traumatic stress
1:13.5	disorder. I became super passionate about understanding mental health and making positive changes
1:19.9	because I was afraid of spending the rest of my life feeling lonely and unhappy. I went to
1:26.5	university and studied psychology and coaching and counseling,
1:30.8	and I loved learning new things that made a big difference for me personally. Now gradually,
1:36.2	I started feeling more confident and resilient and my relationships improved so much.
1:43.2	Sleep became easier.
1:44.8	My emotions became less destabilizing.
1:47.9	And I generally felt happier and calmer.
1:51.3	And I was so excited about what I'd learned and I was hopeful that my knowledge could
1:56.0	potentially help other people.
1:58.3	So I started this podcast, The Mindful Kind, which has since been downloaded
2:02.4	more than 8 million times all around the world. That's a snippet of my journey in a nutshell,
2:08.3	but I really just want to say a huge welcome if you're new to this podcast. Hello again,
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