Over the years I’ve built a world-class network of some of the world’s greatest leaders. I went from someone who couldn’t talk, faced severe social anxiety every day to step outside of my comfort zone, being able to be myself, and truly changing my life by networking. PS. Before we begin! I wanted to highlight my affordable ONLINE COURSE I’ve created to help people kick anxiety realistically, check it out here - markmetry.com/program But here’s the thing, I realized most networking advice sucks....
Aug 26, 2021•16 min
Myths, and misconceptions are what continue to prop up false illusions in our mind. Our brain hears or even creates a misconception to disresgard you, hurt you, and prevent you from making any necessary healthy changes. Below are 8 of my favorite myths I hear echoed around me daily… PS. Before we begin! I wanted to highlight my affordable online course I’ve created to help people kick anxiety realistically, check it out here - markmetry.com/program 1. Got mental health problems? Oh it means you ...
Aug 23, 2021•15 min
Mostly everybody fears public speaking. Everybody gets a bit shy when doing something new for the first time. But, this is not social anxiety. Social anxiety is when your brain is chronically impacted by a constant loop in your mind, body, nervous system, that keeps you irrationally fearing being judged and never relating to others socially, despite objective proof. *** Learn more about the Kick Anxiety Day Step by Step Affordable Course to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your...
Aug 20, 2021•12 min
I realized for the first time in my entire life I faced social anxiety and had no idea until I got drunk at a college party for the first time 😂 All of a sudden I was like... How does pouring a chemical down my body all of a sudden make me feel like I'm more free and able to talk? What I didn’t know back then was alcohol shuts down the part of your brain that processes judgment in social settings. *** Learn more about the Kick Anxiety Day Step by Step Affordable Course to Stop Shyness, Eliminat...
Aug 13, 2021•13 min
Disclaimer: The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Please note: this is just my personal story. Don’t take it as advice, make your own educated decisions about your life alongside professionals & experts. In 2015 I was so depressed, socially anxious, and really at rock bottom. I had no ide...
Aug 09, 2021•13 min
Let me know if you’ve heard this before… ”It’s all in your mind” ”Just change your thoughts” ”Stop feeling like that” ”You just need to do talk therapy” 🙄 *** Learn more about the Kick Anxiety 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://www.markmetry.com/program *** I’ve dedicated my life to studying mental health and honestly, after everything I’ve learned. As mind-blowing as it might seem, Anxiety is not your mind, it’s in yo...
Aug 05, 2021•15 min
First and foremost, I’m not a doctor or psychologist. I’m not interested or equipped to diagnose anybody with any kind of medical disorder, especially through the internet. I would be cautious about fully trusting what you read or hear on the internet about your own sense of self without any degree of personalization or individualized solutions. *** Learn more about the Kick Anxiety 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://ww...
Aug 02, 2021•10 min
Understand this to catch anxiety before it even begins... *** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://www.markmetry.com/program *** By far the most important concept I’ve learned about anxiety is it’s easier to prepare to avoid anxious moments than it is to be directly in them and then try to escape… If you can become aware of these two concepts I will share ahead… You stop the domino eff...
Jul 26, 2021•24 min
I’m a big believer in meditation, expressing gratitude, and really anything that helps with mental health in any way. BUT… As you may know, these things aren’t instant. Just because you ate a salad doesn’t mean your anxiety is cured. Just because you meditated once doesn’t mean you are immune to stress. What is the most instantaneous? Find out in this podcast episode :) *** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and ...
Jul 19, 2021•11 min
Unfortunately. It's not effort or power of will... *** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://www.markmetry.com/program *** It’s not because they are dumb. It’s not because they aren’t hardworking. It’s not because they aren’t talented. It’s not because they don’t want it bad enough. It’s because social anxiety is designed to be a prison, that your mind created, from your past, to restri...
Jul 15, 2021•9 min
Thousands of resources already exist online on how to be more productive... So, what am I adding? Well, candidly speaking, I think most productivity tips online are BS. Why? ****Sponsored by Magic Mind: The World's First Productivity Drink**** Use Code MARK20 for 20% Off, or click https://magicmind.co/mark Because they make it seem as if productivity is the God of your life and all sacrifices must be paid for the sake of being productive at all costs. I remember in 2016 when I first started my j...
Jul 13, 2021•22 min
“But, like how did you start, you know?” *** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://www.markmetry.com/program *** Some ask this question, because they see other people’s success like mine for example today and can’t fathom how I used to be just like them when I only had social anxiety. Others, because they want success of their own and want to learn how I started so maybe one day they wi...
Jul 09, 2021•13 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://www.markmetry.com/program *** For most of my life, I was told by the world I was a shy and quiet introvert. It turns out I had social anxiety, which is one of the most common mental health issues in America that leads to substance abuse, social isolation, and suicide. Society says the kid or person sitting alone at the library or cafeteria is do...
Jul 06, 2021•9 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://www.markmetry.com/program *** I spent my entire life rarely making eye contact with anyone. Fast forward now and I’ve spent the last 6 years making eye contact, being myself, and having great conversations with some of the world’s most successful people and strangers. It’s surreal now to think about my past when I hardly have any memories of loo...
Jun 30, 2021•13 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** This is not about blaming you or shaming you to feel bad about yourself in front of others. I spent a lot of my life thinking other people hated me. Of course, some did hate me. Others? Didn’t care much. 2 main reasons behind this Podcast! 1. Give awareness to you, who may consider yourself as shy, introverted, or socially anx...
Jun 21, 2021•18 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** Right before COVID-19 hit, I was in NYC with Jay Shetty and got to sit down with him for over an hour. We talked about many different things but one thing that stood out to me was Jay speaking about how he used to be shy and still kind of is introverted in some ways today. Jay Shetty's viral wisdom videos have garnered over 4 ...
Jun 15, 2021•7 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** It was the fall of 2016. I woke up on a Monday morning feeling refreshed and filled with energy for the first time in my life. This is not an exaggeration 👆 I distinctly remember growing up and trying to sleep every night. Closing my eyes, and then staying up in the darkness of my mind every night. The next thing I knew, I wo...
Jun 10, 2021•13 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** Before 2016 I had never thought of meditating. I didn’t know much about it and sort of guessed it was for hippies or some ultra-religious tradition for monks, and not for a normal guy like me. Sponsored by Acerting Art - Helping you with Anxiety & Sleep: - https://www.youtube.com/c/acertingart - https://open.spotify.com/ar...
Jun 07, 2021•15 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** People who tell you how to act and who to be as if you’re an actor reading a movie script. They’re not the directors of your Life story.... Unless you let them. You will meet some people in life who derive their power from controlling others. Whether it was that 4th-grade teacher who always seemed to start a mental world war 3...
Jun 01, 2021•11 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** I meet many people on my journey today who say something like: “I could always manage my anxiety and how I showed up in the world for most of my life…and then ________ happened.” Life hits them and beats them down. They feel defeated. Feeling like they have to start from point A, from the beginning of the drawing board, withou...
May 27, 2021•17 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** No excuses isn’t a sufficient answer to people facing underlying mental health, chronic stress, and energy issues. I grew up most of my life as what most call an “unmotivated person.” I got bad grades. I graduated at the bottom of my class. I wasn't athletic or socially adept or actionably creative. I didn't “try” and was hard...
May 25, 2021•13 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** Taking a supplement can be tricky. Supplements are often touted as miracles in pill form with no side effects or some people consider them useless and it has no impact. My take? Listen to the episode :) This podcast episode has been sponsored by Sael Wellness @ sael.com. A celebrity brand with private labeling capabilities. Sa...
May 20, 2021•13 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** Listen to learn about my guide and outline on how to work on shyness and social anxiety at its root source and actionable elements deconstructed on how to be less shy and manage your mind better. Read the rest of the show notes: https://markmetry.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-being-shy-for-good ~~~Helpful Links~~~ - Youtube: http...
May 17, 2021•19 min
Listen to learn more about 5 ways to begin to control your relationship with your phone and actually use it to impact your life for the better. Read the rest of the show notes:https://markmetry.substack.com/p/how-to-turn-your-phone-into-a-mental ~~~Helpful Links~~~ - Workshop: https://www.growcasts.co/workshop - Youtube: https://bit.ly/3gDQXUi - Read or Listen to my book Screw Being Shy: https://bit.ly/2PqV2QI - Subscribe to my FREE Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eANWld - Apply for 1 on 1 Coaching:...
May 13, 2021•18 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** Listen to learn more about how to help your brain shift from worst enemy to a best friend. Don't resent how your brain functions, respect how your brain works. Read the rest of the show notes: https://markmetry.substack.com/p/your-brain-is-your-best-friend-or ~~~Helpful Links~~~ - Workshop: https://www.growcasts.co/workshop - ...
May 10, 2021•18 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** Listen to learn more about Journaling = A tool that your mind can use to mirror and reflect itself, to bring what exists in the mental-emotional world in our heads onto the physical world contained in a page or electronic device, which can then be a feedback loop for our thoughts, emotions, world view to evolve and expand in t...
May 06, 2021•23 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** Listen to learn more about the differences between being an introvert, being shy, and having social anxiety. Tune in to understand 3 ways to tell the difference and how to begin to solve your cognitive, social, and emotional-related problems. Some of what we talk about: - Being an introvert doesn’t mean every time you want to ...
May 03, 2021•18 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** Listen to learn more about the most common yet dangerous meta mental traps that keep introverts, and anxious minds "stuck" with dissatisfaction and not being able to be themselves. 1. “Only Taking Action & Thinking In Your Head” Trap 2. “No Matter What, Things Won’t Change” Trap 3. Unique “One Problem” Trap Read the rest o...
Apr 29, 2021•20 min
*** Learn more about the Screw Being Shy 45 Day Step by Step Affordable Program to Stop Shyness, Eliminate Social Anxiety, and Rewire your Mind: https://bit.ly/3jM7ZBc *** Listen to learn more about overthinking, why it happens, how to gain awareness, and how to manage this tricky and somewhat invisible yet detrimental problem in someone's life. I spent my entire life overthinking everything. So much so, I didn't even know I was overthinking but felt I was just thinking normally, and being “bein...
Apr 26, 2021•17 min
Hi, I'm Mark Metry and this is my project exploring mental health & social anxiety in today's emerging world of technology, social media, politics, entrepreneurship, and the environment. Whether you're shy or introverted or not, listen for no fluff, no fake positivity, toxic self-help, just real, credible, scientifically-backed, and personal stories designed for practical application to improve your life, mind, and anxiety. (formerly known as Humans 2.0) *** Learn more about the Screw Being ...
Apr 22, 2021•12 min
