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BY Catherine Powers-James, Ph.D.

Social anxiety is the reluctance to engage in everyday activities you normally enjoy, because you’re worried about making a mistake, feeling awkward, or embarrassing yourself around others.

A lot of people experienced some form of this even before the COVID-19 pandemic, whether it was self-consciousness before a first date or nervousness before a business meeting. But many more of us are experiencing social anxiety right now as...

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BY Catherine Powers-James, Ph.D.

Burnout is the combination of exhaustion, detachment and cynicism that can sometimes develop when we’re faced with unrelieved stress over...

BY Catherine Powers-James, Ph.D.

If you’ve been feeling even more stressed than usual lately, you’re not alone. Many of us are struggling with so-called quarantine fatigue...