How to “Get off Stage” and Ease Social Anxiety

Feel like you are “on stage” when you are in a social situation? Feel like everyone is looking at you and judging “how well you perform”? It is common to occasionally feel anxious and nervous in social situations, feeling like you are “on stage” with an “audience” scrutinising and judging you. We are social beings, […]

Facing a Challenge? Know How Stress and Anxiety Differ

When we say “I feel stressed” or “I feel anxious”, what do we actually mean? Life inevitably presents us with challenges, and it is common to experience feelings of stress and anxiety in response. Psychological stress and anxiety are emotions and we can experience them to varying degrees. Put simply, stress is characterised by feeling […]