Out of My Shell

Overcoming Social Anxiety from Childhood to Adulthood

Narrated by Lauryn Allman
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Pub Date 19 Sep 2024 | Archive Date 4 Dec 2024

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Description

Look around you at all the people connecting and socializing. And you are just standing here alone, like a social reject, again. Nobody likes you. Why would they want someone like you around?

For years, social anxiety whispered its way into Natasha Daniels' mind and quietly sabotaged her life. Even while working as a therapist, helping children to cope with their own anxiety, insecurity lurked in the shadows pointing out the stares, the rejection, the vicious comments from online strangers.

In this memoir, Natasha takes on the therapist's role with her past selves to drag her social anxiety into the open. From feisty Miss 6, lonely Miss 14 reeling from a tumultuous childhood, and defiant Miss 18 pushing back against a world where she didn't fit, through to her present self, Natasha explores the way social anxiety colored her experiences and finds healing through self-acceptance.

Look around you at all the people connecting and socializing. And you are just standing here alone, like a social reject, again. Nobody likes you. Why would they want someone like you around?

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Advance Praise

"Natasha Daniels' memoir Out of My Shell perfectly intertwines her social anxiety journey with psychoeducation and invaluable tools. Full of hope and healing, Out of My Shell is a must-read for individuals with social anxiety, loved ones, and providers wanting to better understand the nuances of this disorder." Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC, LPC, LIMHP - @anxietyocdtreatment

"Out of My Shell is a painful yet beautifully inspirational memoir. A lifetime of quiet torment and suffering, filled with social anxiety and self-doubt, is met with vulnerability, grace, and perseverance. Natasha Daniels is the epitome of bravery and self-compassion, witnessed firsthand with her toughest and most important therapy client of all, her younger self." Josh Spitalnick, Ph.D., ABPP, CEO/Owner of Anxiety Specialists of Atlanta

"With truth, kindness, and compassion, Natasha Daniels shares what healing from social anxiety can look like in a real life. In Out of My Shell, her lyrical writing brings the reader close, and her ultimate self-acceptance helps to heal the reader along the way. Don't miss this gorgeous memoir." Rachael Herron, bestselling memoirist

"Out of My Shell is a profound and transformative exploration of the journey from social anxiety to self-acceptance. Her vivid storytelling captures the raw emotions associated with growing up feeling different in a way that is both deeply personal and universally relatable." Kimberley Quinlan, Author of The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD

"In this unflinching memoir, Natasha Daniels lays bare her agonizing struggle with crippling social anxiety. Her intimate narrative charts a powerful metamorphosis from a lifetime of inner turmoil to hard-won self-acceptance. Fusing poignant storytelling with invaluable psychological insights, this book inspires courage to shed one's protective shell. An uplifting read for anyone longing to blossom into their most authentic, luminous self." Amanda Stern, author of Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life

"Natasha Daniels' memoir Out of My Shell perfectly intertwines her social anxiety journey with psychoeducation and invaluable tools. Full of hope and healing, Out of My Shell is a must-read for...


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