Focusing my gaze on people\u2019s faces during social interaction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAs you see, your social goals don\u2019t have to be huge. Making such commitments will help you gain more control of your involuntary non-verbal reactions. You will also step beyond your insecurity without putting yourself in too challenging situations.<\/p>\n
To sum up, if you have the habit of avoiding eye contact because of insecurity or anxiety, you need to start with small steps. Over time and with practice, you will realize that talking to people without averting your gaze comes much easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eye contact is an essential part of non-verbal communication. It makes us feel understood and listened to. So what does it mean if someone has the habit of avoiding eye contact in a conversation? This body language cue could reveal a few things about a person. Let\u2019s talk about the reasons for the lack of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[27,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}