The end of the year always makes me feel reflective, and I’ve learned I need to be careful about that, especially as an introvert. Our brains are VERY active and research has found up to 70...
Every year I hear from introverts who say the holiday season is overwhelming. I've been there too. If it's the most wonderful time of the year, why do we want to cancel everything sometimes? The...
I’m packing a tote bag with the intensity of a Navy SEAL heading out on a mission. I reach for a pair of neon green earplugs and snap them into a tiny plastic case, spy-like in its near...
The sun rises, but I don’t. My body remains still, but my thoughts run on a treadmill of anxiety. Is the pain in my pinky toe leprosy? What if I forget to file my taxes and go to jail? Could that...
When quarantine started last spring, I got several messages from introverts saying things like, “I feel freer than I ever have before.” While none of us would choose for Covid-19 to happen, the...
Ellen, a fellow introvert who responded to my survey last week, asked, “How do I make friends when I love being alone?” I can relate to that question, and I imagine you may too. First, I want to...
I sometimes picture a system that operates on the principle of more people in my life = I’m a more loving person. But love isn’t about the number of people we have in our lives, “likes” we get...
The creation story says God made the world in six days—pink flamingos and orange starfish, lilacs and aardvarks, the depths of the ocean and the heights of mountains, a human sculpted out of the...
I recorded the audiobook of The Powerful Purpose of Introverts this week. (You can hear a sneak peek and watch me have an awkward moment on this video!) A few pages from the end I saw it—a typo...
What if I told you that your awkward moments can make you more likeable? (If you'd like a real-life example of an awkward moment, watch this video of me recording The Powerful Purpose of Introverts...