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Radio Headspace

The Weight of Being Seen: Moving Through Social Anxiety with Compassion

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Social anxiety isn’t about avoiding people — it’s about the fear of not being accepted. In this episode, Rosie opens up about the vulnerability of being seen and offers grounding practices to meet social anxiety with compassion, reminding us that belonging starts with staying connected to ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.9

Hey friends, it's Rosie here. Welcome to Radio Headspace. A few weeks ago, I was invited to a small dinner with people I genuinely care about. Nothing fancy, nothing stressful, just a group of people I admire. But as the evening approached, I could feel that familiar buzz in my chest. I started

1:31.4

second-guessing everything. What I'd wear, what I'd say, how I'd show up. Would I talk too

1:38.1

much about work? Would I seem distracted? Would they think I changed too much? I found myself rehearsing stories in my head, pre-planning

1:47.6

jokes, trying to predict how the night would go before it even started. So today, I want to talk about

1:57.4

how anxiety lives in our thoughts, how it shows up in our bodies, and how

2:02.2

mindfulness can help us create space instead of spiraling. For me, this is the kind of anxiety

2:09.8

that often hides behind a smile, social anxiety. You know it. It's the one that shows up when

2:16.7

you're at a gathering, or even just having

2:18.9

coffee with a friend, and you feel off, on edge, uncomfortable in your own skin, even when

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