{"id":25120,"date":"2023-03-13T09:31:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T08:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=138743"},"modified":"2023-03-13T09:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T08:35:15","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-social-anxiety-with-dr-ellen-hendriksen","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-social-anxiety-with-dr-ellen-hendriksen\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: Social anxiety, with Dr Ellen Hendriksen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simple, achievable advice that can help you overcome worries about social situations <\/p>

By Thomas Ling\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 13 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode, we\u2019re tackling social anxiety.<\/p>\n

Research suggests that \u2013 unless you\u2019re a psychopath \u2013 you\u2019ve experienced anxiety about a social situation at some point. But why? What is it that makes humans afraid of others?<\/p>\n

And how can we manage these worries? To answer these questions and much more, we\u2019re joined by psychologist Dr Ellen Hendriksen<\/a>, a world-leading expert on social anxiety and author of\u00a0How To Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic And Rise Above Social Anxiety<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Find\u00a0<em>Instant Genius<\/em>\u00a0on your preferred podcast platform here:\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/instant-genius-podcast\/instant-genius-podcast-future-of-transportation\/"\">Future of transportation, with Paris Marx<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/instant-genius-podcast-snakes\/"\">Snakes, with Prof Mark O\u2019Shea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/planet-earth\/instant-genius-podcast-winter-storms\/"\">Winter storms, with Alex Deakin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-lying-with-professor-richard-wiseman\/"\">The science of lying, with Professor Richard Wiseman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-fungal-infections\/"\">Fungal infections, with Dr Rebecca Drummond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-get-more-time-in-your-day\/"\">How to get more time in your day, with Dr Ashley Whillans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Simple, achievable advice that can help you overcome worries about social situations <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25121,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-social-anxiety-with-dr-ellen-hendriksen.jpg",940,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-social-anxiety-with-dr-ellen-hendriksen-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-social-anxiety-with-dr-ellen-hendriksen-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-social-anxiety-with-dr-ellen-hendriksen-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-social-anxiety-with-dr-ellen-hendriksen.jpg",800,340,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-social-anxiety-with-dr-ellen-hendriksen.jpg",940,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/instant-genius-podcast-social-anxiety-with-dr-ellen-hendriksen.jpg",940,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Simple, achievable advice that can help you overcome worries about social situations","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/25120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}