172: The Torture of Talking to Strangers
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Ever been at a social event on your own and with loads of strangers - wedding, awards ceremony, business networking - and felt suffocated by self-consciousness - the kind that leaves you mute and convinced that everyone is looking at the way you hold your knife and fork - that sort of thing? I have! This episode explores the symptoms, drivers and then offers some very good tips to stop the torture!
References:
You Learn by Living - by Eleanor Roosevelt
Letters to a Young Artist - by Anna Deavere Smith
More on 'Self Squashing' -
TEDx - Beware the Self Squashing Prophecy
Book - The Mystery of the Squashed Self
Resources and links at trishalewis.com
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