If you feel like social anxiety is holding you back from the life you want, you're not alone.

There are so many people who are struggling with the same thing.

So today we're going to cover the six ways that social anxiety keeps you stuck and what you can do to break free from that cycle.

I'm so excited to be here with you.

My name is Kimberly Quinlan.

I am the host of your anxiety toolkit, and I'm so excited to talk to you about this today.

So let's go.

Now, if you have experienced social anxiety, you know the dread of anticipating the upcoming

social events, the dinner parties, the events for your partner, the church services, the

interactions at the supermarket, you know how much anxiety those events can create.

And you're not alone. And there's nothing wrong with you per se either. I don't want you to be

beating yourself up because these things are hard. Social anxiety is rampant among people, particularly post-COVID.

It has made it so much more difficult to have these basic interactions.

To you, they don't feel basic.

They feel incredibly stressful, anxiety-provoking, incredibly shame-filled or embarrassing.

These are the normal experiences of people who have social anxiety.

The good news is, though, that there are ways that we can work on our social anxiety,

make small baby changes so that social anxiety doesn't strip you of the things you value.

Overall, one of the things that people value the most when it comes to me interviewing my

clients and my students is their relationships, the connections that they have.

And so if you feel like social anxiety has impacted the connection that you have

with their loved ones, your family, your colleagues at school or at work, your best friends,

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