Whether or not we suffer from social anxiety, it’s happened to all of us at one time or another: We go on a date or to a party, or attend a meeting at work. We say or do something we later regret, and ...

Several decades ago, I was horribly embarrassed. I lived on an apricot ranch near the university. I brought in much-needed income by working in the apricot drying shed in the summer. One morning, in ...