Welcome to the Shyness Institute Blog

Welcome, friends, to the Shyness Institute Blog. In this blog I will be writing my thoughts about shyness, both new research and ideas about Social Fitness. As that name suggests, I am a big fan of getting away from the medical model. Shyness is not a disease that needs to be treated, but a temperament that has strengths and vulnerabilities like any other. Social fitness, like physical fitness, involves daily workouts and practice, emphasizing one's strengths and developing new behaviors when they are helpful in a particular situation. Social interaction is negotiated and no one is a perfection social performer. We can all learn and, if we are open, we can learn together.