Overcome Social Anxiety and Shyness: A Step-By-Step Self Help Action Plan to Overcome Social Anxiety, Defeat Shyness and Create Confidence

by Matt Lewis

Overcome Social Anxiety and Shyness is an effective, practical, science-based, self-help workbook that with a clear step-by-step action plan to overcome social anxiety and shyness - based on the successful anxiety workshops of Dr Matt Lewis.

Maybe, you’ve only recently started to struggle with social anxiety or shyness, or have lived with it for a very long time. This maybe the first time you’ve looked for help, or you may have tried different methods to manage your social anxiety or shyness before and remained stuck, or after some initial improvement you found yourself bogged down with same anxious thoughts and feelings.

Books and methods that promise instant and magical transformations to overcoming social anxiety and shyness lose their impact when we have to leave our comfort zone and the fairy dust blows away. Whatever the case, you’re probably looking for something that really works, something that is effective, practical, real, and evidence based.

There are four main steps in this revolutionary approach and I’ve seen it change people’s lives time and time again. You’re going to learn how to:

Understand how social anxiety and shyness develops Build a solid foundation for behaviour change Effectively manage anxious thoughts and feelings Be confident in social situations

In Overcome Social Anxiety and Shyness: A Step-by-Step Self Help Action Plan to Overcome Social Anxiety, Defeat Shyness and Create Confidence, university academic and mental health teacher Dr Matt Lewis will take you through a step-by-step programme, in a workbook format, using simple but powerful exercises that will take just a few minutes each day, allowing you to start overcoming social anxiety and shyness, and being back in control and able to enjoy life. Social anxiety can make us feel paralysed and sometimes the smallest and quickest of tasks can seem insurmountable, so the information has been reduced into small chunks, using brief chapters that can be digested easily and quickly.

The book contains practical exercises in a workbook format, access to audio exercises and online resources, and an end of book project to help put all the learned skills into real life practice. The principles and practices you will learn in the book go beyond managing social anxiety and shyness. They will also help you to become unstuck, build confidence and really live.

Using referenced scientific and academic research, the book teaches you how to: Understand how and why social anxiety and shyness develops. Learn how living in ‘safety mode’ can diminish your life. Create a mindset that will allow you to believe change is possible. Build the foundations for a calm and peaceful mind. Avoid mental exhaustion and increase energy. Effectively handle anxious thoughts and feelings as they arise. Tame the voice in your head and reduce anxiety in social situations. Become unstuck and able to take action in situations you would normally avoid, withdraw, or distract yourself from. Build your confidence step-by-step in both small and large social situations. Take steps to create a fulfilling and meaningful life.

This book will be helpful for those who struggle with:
Social Anxiety Shyness Low confidence Anxiety Disorder Panic Attacks Panic Disorder Agoraphobia

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Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Health, Social, Mental Health

204 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2017

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Reviews

[Tina Dreffin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book enabled me to overcome my anxiety in dealing with panic attacks. I speak before large crowds and minutes before, I nearly retch from anxiety. Dr. Lewis taught me how to take control of my panicked mind by managing anxious thoughts. Now, my retching spells have been extinguished altogether, simply by practicing his principles. I feel confident and can now enjoy the experience of public speaking. If you have social anxiety, this book is for you. If you have become exhausted in trying to fight panic attacks, this book is for you. This book is so well-written, I read it in one weekend. Thank you, Dr. Lewis, for saving my career!

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've had problems with anxiety (particularly social) for decades. After overcoming or learning to deal with other mental health issues yet never being able to rid myself of this one in particular, I'd reached a point where I thought it's just something I'm always going to have to live with. Having read this book, I've been given some hope. It's easy to understand, makes sense in terms of science and human behaviour, is empathetic and is not patronising. I've practised a couple of the beginner/easier exercises as I read and will be trying out all of them with renewed optimism that with some time and practise, I can reach a point where it will no longer have such an impact on my life.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book,easy to follow

Great book easy to follow. Some great tips,and explains things well. I recommend this book to anyone who suffers with anxiety

[Frank Milham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very practical and helpful

Provides a lot of useful information as well as practical techniques to deal with anxiety and stress in a concise manner.

[Luke Wild · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Read

Really good insight into social anxiety. Definitely planning to do the exercises in this book and hope to become the person I want to be. Thank you Matt.

[Ellie Mae Connoley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful

This book has been very helpful.
Great practical advice and thoughtful explanations.
It’s comforting to know that other people feel the way I do.

[Hassan Alamri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very practical book

[Shamas Zaman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed the book I really felt I learnt a lot about anxietY, I made a video endorsing the book and just summary of one of the techniques used in the book.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCCQh...

[Ian Bowater · Rating 5 out of 5]

Want to overcome Social Anxiety? Here’s the answer!

This book ‘nails it’ when it comes to understanding and describing methods for addressing for anxiety. Like all great advice, it is simple to follow and implement and I can vouch for the results.

[Emma Johns · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good practical book, easy to read and understand. Explains what anxiety is, why it happens and the pros and cons. It doesn’t just tell you to breathe and focus but actually gives you some really good exercises to try and combat your anxiety. Very informative book!

[Chloe Johns · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall I feel like this was a good book, however if you’ve ever read any anxiety self help book, there is lots of things within that have already been mentioned in other books.

[メ · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was very informative and useful.