How to Rise Above Social Anxiety: Ellen Hendriksen
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2018
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Social anxiety. #ugh! It's that constant voice of judgment and inadequacy that leaves you terrified of being "found out," and stops you from sharing the real you. Guess what? You're not alone.
DR. ELLEN HENDRIKSEN (http://ellenhendriksen.com/)is a clinical psychologist who helps millions calm their social anxiety and be their authentic selves. How? Through her award-winning podcast, Savvy Psychologist (https://goo.gl/uKh7U7), in the clinic at Boston University's Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD). And, now through her groundbreaking book, HOW TO BE YOURSELF (https://amzn.to/2OqLUJ7).
Hendriksen earned her Ph.D. at UCLA and completed her training at Harvard Medical School. Her scientifically-based, zero-judgment approach has been featured in New York Magazine, The Observer, The Verge, Vice, Vox, Psychology Today, Scientific American, Susan Cain's Quiet Revolution, and many other media outlets. Savvy
Today, we dive into her personal journey with social anxiety, how an aspiring architect found her way into psychology and specialized in social anxiety and how to identify and work through this incredibly common, yet often disabling experience.
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| 0:00.0 | So why would somebody heading to college with the intention of becoming an architect and |
| 0:07.4 | up becoming a clinical psychologist specializing in anxiety, more specifically social anxiety? |
| 0:14.6 | This is the kind of fascinating, fun, romp of a story that we dive into with today's guest, |
| 0:22.0 | Ellen Hendrickson. |
| 0:23.3 | She is a clinical psychologist who is also the host and producer of the Savage Psychologist |
| 0:29.5 | podcast. |
| 0:30.5 | She has been featured in New York Magazine and Psychology Today, Scientific American, |
| 0:35.4 | all sorts of other super cool places. |
| 0:37.6 | She earned her PhD at UCLA, completed her training at Harvard Medical School, and is |
| 0:43.8 | the author of a fantastic new book called How to Be Yourself, Quiet Your Intercritic, |
| 0:48.8 | and Rise Above Social Anxiety. |
| 0:50.9 | I have to confess. |
| 0:54.1 | This was as much fun for me on a personal level as it was professional because I have |
| 0:58.5 | been somebody who has been on the quieter side and also experienced my fair share of social |
| 1:03.0 | anxiety in many different scenarios and settings, and still to this day experience it here |
| 1:08.2 | and there. |
| 1:09.2 | So we dive into her own personal journey and also really a lot of the fundamental concepts |
| 1:13.5 | and misconceptions around social anxiety and some great sort of insight on how to move |
| 1:19.9 | through this kind of a sometimes limiting part of our human experience. |
| 1:24.4 | Really excited to share this conversation with you. |
| 1:26.2 | I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project. |
| 1:37.6 | Mobile phone directs is always a good call, where you'll one stop shop for great networks, |
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