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Can Willpower Help You Overcome Social Anxiety?

By Barbara Markway, Ph.D. on January 11, 2012 in Shyness Is Nice

Whenever I've thought about willpower before, it's been in the context of not doing something. Like not eating that piece of chocolate cake. I associated willpower with deprivation. But I've been reading the just-released book, The Willpower Instinct, by Stanford professor, Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., and my opinion of willpower is improving. Read More

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Barbara Markway, Ph.D., is a psychologist and author of books including Dying of Embarrassment.

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