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How to Overcome Social Anxiety, When Going It Alone

Adulthood can be lonely; social anxiety can often times be a big factor the older you get. Social Anxiety can range in degree from general nervousness displayed through ticks and aversion to social settings; or it can manifest as full on panic attacks that can mimic stroke and other health conditions. There are countless instances... Read more »

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August 14, 2013 at 9:50 am

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  Shavon “Vonnie” Coleman is an alumnus of Illinois State University where she studied English with a concentration in Education. She created 4-Star Explorer in the hopes of creating a publication among the few that caters to young city-dwellers who as she puts it “still manage to survive in an urban jungle.”

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