by Michaela | Aug 30, 2015 |
It’s raining where I live in Canada. On this grey morning, I want to talk about something that feels just as dismal as a rainy day. It has to do with an activity many of us innies love to do most when it’s storming outside: Curl up with a good book and get lost...
by Michaela | Aug 26, 2015 |
Every highly sensitive introvert has experienced this. You’re sailing through daily life, ticking all the boxes for health and wellbeing. You’re exercising, sleeping plenty and eating lots of green stuff. Then, without warning, you have what I like to call an “unruly...
by Michaela | Aug 16, 2015 |
Do you think introverts are hard to love? If so, it’s probably because many people don’t understand how to love an introvert. Even introverts struggle to make sense of our own needs and behaviors. We’ve been handed the extrovert’s blueprint...
by Michaela | Aug 10, 2015 |
If you noticed I’ve been (extra) quiet the past couple of weeks, there is a reason. I was on vacation. I tossed work aside and put my energy towards visiting with family, frolicking by the ocean, and eating too much ice cream. Now that my vacation is over, I have that...
by Michaela | Jul 23, 2015 |
Kids, the year was 2006, I was married, Mormon, and obsessed with cardigans. Since I didn’t grow up Mormon, I didn’t have any close friends in the church. Then one day, like a brick to the face, something happened that made me painfully aware of my friendlessness....
by Michaela | Jul 22, 2015 |
As an introvert, you might have heard this before: “You’re just shy.” A lot of introverts are shy. Some introverts have social anxiety, which is similar to shyness, but more intense. So, you might be wondering, introversion vs. social anxiety – what’s the...
