My date with another introvert girl

When I was in high school, I went on an introvert– introvert date with another girl. At the giant, bustling church I went to, introverts – especially teenaged introverts – stood out like nuns in a reggae bar.  We simply didn’t blend in with the other youth group kids...

Famous Introverts

Tabloids make a lot of money proving the humanness of celebrities.  Our culture loves to find evidence that even the rich and famous are a little bit like us (celebrities take out their own garbage? Me too!).  We are delighted by the revelation that even famous people...

Introverts and conflict

It’s no secret that introverts dislike conflict.   We would rather stay silent than rock the boat.  We tend to favor avoidance over confrontation.  If the choice is between fight or flight, we usually choose the latter.  Some of us will even go hungry trying to dodge...
How introverts react to extrovert bullying

How introverts react to extrovert bullying

“[A]t school you might have been prodded to come “out of your shell”—that noxious expression which fails to appreciate that some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go, and that some humans are just the same.” ~Susan Cain      The Protective Shell Like...

The top 10 advantages of being an introvert

If there’s anything the world should take away from best selling books like The Introvert Advantage and Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, it’s that there are definite positives to being an introvert. We are quietly crawling out of the...