From the Desk of the How-To Junkie for the "Shyness Junkie": Howdy friend, who wants "to overcome shyness," Shyness is like a disease that deteriorates your quality of life to feeling helpless and useless. Take for instances: - Do you not have many friends (or none for that matter) because of your shyness? - Do you flee in the presence of the opposite sex because you sweat and get nervous? - Do you miss opportunities to get ahead because you're afraid to make the first move? Being shy is the number one cause for our lack of initiatives when comes to connecting and networking with our fellow men or women for job, friendship, relationship, and, above all, success. As a result, this contributes to our social anxiety, which is triggered upon being around others due to our own inner fears and insecurities of being judged in how people may perceive us - which is not case to at all. The fact is, other people are also occupied wondering about how they are coming across than to be judging you. When it comes to shyness, we are our own worst enemy - imagining the worst about ourselves. What you need to learn how to do is silence that voice in your head to overcome shyness and take back your life now! Here's how! By being a "Shyness Junkie," you will know: * How to stop being shy when you feel it creeping up. * How to uncover all the causes for your social phobia. * How to battle and conquer your fear of social settings. * How to improve your conversation with other people. * How to make friends to start out with this one powerful tool. ...and full-satisfied junkie more. Like most people, if you suffer from shyness, you will experience social anxiety in some shape or form on a frequent basis, and do you want it to control your entire existence for the rest of your life? Get rid of shyness now! Signing off. Your friend, - The How-To Junkie

From the Desk of the How-To Junkie for the "Shyness Junkie": Howdy friend, who wants "to overcome shyness," Shyness is like a disease that deteriorates your quality of life to feeling helpless and useless. Take for instances: - Do you not have many friends (or none for that matter) because of your shyness? - Do you flee in the presence of the opposite sex because you sweat and get nervous? - Do you miss opportunities to get ahead because you're afraid to make the first move? Being shy is the number one cause for our lack of initiatives when comes to connecting and networking with our fellow men or women for job, friendship, relationship, and, above all, success. As a result, this contributes to our social anxiety, which is triggered upon being around others due to our own inner fears and insecurities of being judged in how people may perceive us - which is not case to at all. The fact is, other people are also occupied wondering about how they are coming across than to be judging you. When it comes to shyness, we are our own worst enemy - imagining the worst about ourselves. What you need to learn how to do is silence that voice in your head to overcome shyness and take back your life now! Here's how! By being a "Shyness Junkie," you will know: * How to stop being shy when you feel it creeping up. * How to uncover all the causes for your social phobia. * How to battle and conquer your fear of social settings. * How to improve your conversation with other people. * How to make friends to start out with this one powerful tool. ...and full-satisfied junkie more. Like most people, if you suffer from shyness, you will experience social anxiety in some shape or form on a frequent basis, and do you want it to control your entire existence for the rest of your life? Get rid of shyness now! Signing off. Your friend, - The How-To Junkie

Exposure anxiety is increasingly understood as a crippling condition affecting a high proportion of people on the autism spectrum. Based on personal experience, this book describes the condition and its underlying physiological causes, and presents approaches and strategies that can be used to combat it.

The author of Welcome to the New World and Bad Paper discusses America’s obsession with celebrity in this 2007 investigation. Why do more people watch American Idol than the nightly news? What is it about Paris Hilton’s dating life that lures us so? Why do teenage girls—when given the option of “pressing a magic button and becoming either stronger, smarter, famous, or more beautiful” —predominantly opt for fame? In this entertaining and enlightening book, Jake Halpern explores the fascinating and often dark implications of America’s obsession with fame. He travels to a Hollywood home for aspiring child actors and enrolls in a program that trains celebrity assistants. He visits the offices of Us Weekly and a laboratory where monkeys give up food to stare at pictures of dominant members of their group. The book culminates in Halpern’s encounter with Rod Stewart’s biggest fan, a woman from Pittsburgh who nominated the singer for Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Fame Junkies reveals how psychology, technology, and even evolution conspire to make the world of red carpets and velvet ropes so enthralling to all of us on the outside looking in. Praise for Fame Junkies “An astute look at the mighty vortex of fame, which this author believes will only get more powerful.” —Kirkus Reviews “Halpern displays an evocative, insiderish style reminiscent . . . of Tom Wolfe’s when he peered into 1960s celebrity culture.” —Wall Street Journal “A critical look at Americans’ infatuation with fame and determines that fame is elusive, desirable—and also possibly addictive . . . . [An] engaging study.” —Publishers Weekly

Table of Contents Introduction I Do Not Want to Approach You – a Natural Instinct How to Approach Her… How to talk to someone in a Group Polishing up Your Social Skills Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction This book is for all those people out there, who would rather read a book, than interact with people of their own age group, just because they are so shy. They know that they are suffering from this little so-called effect in their personality, which prevents them from being the life and soul of the party. The moment they have to talk to somebody, they find their hands and feet swelling up – this thought is purely mental, let me assure you of that – their foreheads start to sweat, their lips feel dry, and there is a trembling in their body and spirit. Believe it or not, even the most self-assured person can find himself suffering from such a state, sometime or the other in his life. Remember Mr. Yul Brynner – personality plus? He had the power to overshadow Charles Heston in Ben Hur. And one day, Deborah Kerr, who was starring with him in the King and I, entered his makeup room by mistake, and found him with his arms outstretched, pushing against the wall and taking deep breaths. He admitted to her, that he was terrified of facing the camera because he was basically a shy person! She could not believe it. This book is written for all those people, who are basically shy – the writer included – and who wish to overcome this problem.

WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL • WINNER OF THE ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Would you make a deal with a magical tiger? This uplifting story brings Korean folklore to life as a girl goes on a quest to unlock the power of stories and save her grandmother. Some stories refuse to stay bottled up... When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives, prompting Lily to unravel a secret family history. Long, long ago, Halmoni stole something from the tigers. Now they want it back. And when one of the tigers approaches Lily with a deal--return what her grandmother stole in exchange for Halmoni's health--Lily is tempted to agree. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face a tiger. Tae Keller, the award-winning author of The Science of Breakable Things, shares a sparkling tale about the power of stories and the magic of family. "If stories were written in the stars ... this wondrous tale would be one of the brightest." —Booklist, Starred Review

This is an investigation of the syndrome of computer addiction which attempts to discover if obsessive dependency is harmful to the psychological and social development. It is based on case studies made of volunteers from all over the UK who considered themselves to be dependent upon computers. Extensive research was carried out into these people,

Why our brains aren't built for media multitasking, and how we can learn to live with technology in a more balanced way. "Brilliant and practical, just what we need in these techno-human times."—Jack Kornfield, author of The Wise Heart Most of us will freely admit that we are obsessed with our devices. We pride ourselves on our ability to multitask—read work email, reply to a text, check Facebook, watch a video clip. Talk on the phone, send a text, drive a car. Enjoy family dinner with a glowing smartphone next to our plates. We can do it all, 24/7! Never mind the errors in the email, the near-miss on the road, and the unheard conversation at the table. In The Distracted Mind, Adam Gazzaley and Larry Rosen—a neuroscientist and a psychologist—explain why our brains aren't built for multitasking, and suggest better ways to live in a high-tech world without giving up our modern technology. The authors explain that our brains are limited in their ability to pay attention. We don't really multitask but rather switch rapidly between tasks. Distractions and interruptions, often technology-related—referred to by the authors as “interference”—collide with our goal-setting abilities. We want to finish this paper/spreadsheet/sentence, but our phone signals an incoming message and we drop everything. Even without an alert, we decide that we “must” check in on social media immediately. Gazzaley and Rosen offer practical strategies, backed by science, to fight distraction. We can change our brains with meditation, video games, and physical exercise; we can change our behavior by planning our accessibility and recognizing our anxiety about being out of touch even briefly. They don't suggest that we give up our devices, but that we use them in a more balanced way.

Small talk, big victory—your guide to managing social anxiety and making conversation Leave your anxious feelings at the door in any social situation—and see a world of possibilities open up for you. Stress-Free Small Talk is filled with strategies, advice, conversation-starters, practical activities, and mindfulness-based exercises for people who want to manage their social anxiety and engage in small talk with anyone. Take control of any casual interaction with tips for introducing yourself, universal topics of discussion, active listening, asking questions, talking with someone who disagrees with you, how to politely exit a conversation, and much more. Stress-Free Small Talk includes: Embrace your fears—Learn to understand your nervous feelings, set appropriate expectations, and prepare for social encounters—so you can make small talk comfortably. Real-life scenarios—Get advice for day-to-day social situations, like attending a party full of strangers, going on a blind date, or getting seated next to a chatty passenger on an airplane. Great first impressions—Discover tips and tools for making strong first impressions, including maintaining good posture, making regular and natural eye contact, and beyond. Look who's talking now! If you've been searching for a helpful how-to guide to reducing anxiety and making small talk so that you can navigate social situations with ease, this book has you covered.

Dina Bennett’s on the road again—and she can’t stop! Having completed the 7,800-mile Peking to Paris Classic Car Challenge while braving carsickness and patching rocky marital relations, she’s once more in over her head, enduring 100,000 miles of road trips through the world’s out-of-the-way places. Drawn to strange foods and intriguing views into the kaleidoscope of local life, and with a knack for getting into—and out of—awkward situations, Dina gives you the world in all its glory. She’s a born storyteller, uncovering the curious and unusual in the ordinary, bringing you along on vivid experiences in laugh-out-loud style. Neither particularly brave nor wild, she opens her diary of personal triumphs and embarrassments, suspense and discovery, in places most will never get to. Join her as she stands knee-to-knee with a Tajik border guard in his bedroom, hunts down camel pad meat in the street markets of China, and seeks out the source of mare’s milk in Kyrgyzstan. Whether stranded on a sandbar in Myanmar’s Chindwin River or sharing barley beer with an ex-Black Panther in Ethiopia, Dina’s observations are half prying neighbor, half best friend gossiping together on the crooked path to enlightenment. The tales in A Travel Junkie’s Diary plunge the reader right into the midst of exhilarating travel experiences, with all the smells, sounds, sensations and emotions of being right there. They are by turns fascinating and frightening, endearing and bittersweet, humorous, humiliating, and always engrossing.