by Michaela | Jul 23, 2013 |
Alone time is essential to the well-being of introverts. We need solitude to reflect and recharge. If we don’t have enough time to ourselves, we can quickly become harried, growling bundles of discontentment, waiting to implode. But how much alone time is too much? ...
by Michaela | Jul 18, 2013 |
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...
by Michaela | Jul 12, 2013 |
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...
by Michaela | Jul 11, 2013 |
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...
by Michaela | Jul 8, 2013 |
“[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...
