The Psychologym Podcast7 Apr 2021

E34: Overcoming Awkwardness

We're not even trying to be awkward and it's happening anyway. This week Conscious Citizen Kelly Byrne and Host Kristen McAdams figure out how to have a sense of humor about being awkward and how it relates to navigating the upcoming post-pandemic social angst.

Threshold ( 7 mins in): Embracing awkwardness and even seeking it out. Diffusing tension with comedy. Social anxiety in post pandemic life.

“Sometimes discomfort is the only way through”. Awkwardness arising in all things. A challenge for yourself. Tame your seriousness.

Recap ( 25 mins in): Eligible comedians start your engines! Kelly is looking to get some action! Don’t make it awkward though. Find out what's happening in the ATX Comedy Scene.

Approach ( 28:30 mins in): We take ourselves so seriously and it’s so hard to live life that way. Extremely specific research articles. Awkward scenarios. Keeping it awkward instead of keeping it weird. Therapeutic skills/Comedy skills/Negotiation skills. Satisfaction without purpose. Does laughter have emotion?

Road Back ( 45 mins in): There’s a lot of good things that come from awkwardness. Ways to manage and understand your own awkwardness.

Web Articles and Research:

https://youtu.be/BN3KT7IERSw

https://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2015/11/23/the-science-of-awkwardness#:~:text=When%20Awkwardness%20Helps%20and%20Hurts,making%20the%20same%20mistake%20twice.%20%22

https://www.healthline.com/health/socially-awkward

https://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Awkwardness

https://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Being-Socially-Awkward

https://www.verywellmind.com/tips-to-cope-with-awkward-conversations-3024859

https://www.succeedsocially.com/awkwardbenefits

https://socialpronow.com/blog/socially-awkward/

Duncan, P. (2017). Joke work: comic labor and the aesthetics of the awkward. Comedy Studies, 8(1), 36-56.

Reeser, T. W. (2017). Producing awkwardness: Affective labour and masculinity in popular culture. Mosaic: an interdisciplinary critical journal, 50(4), 51-68.

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