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 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...
by Michaela | Jul 20, 2015 |
One of the most surpising introvert problems Like many introverts, I used to be drawn to structured activities because they gave me more control over my social life. They also made me feel like a good little citizen of the planet extrovert. In my teens and...
by Michaela | Jun 22, 2015 |
I’ve always been better at communicating in writing than in conversation. It turns out that this is a trait shared by most introverts. We innies tend to write better than we speak. Words pour out effortlessly onto the page (or the computer screen nowadays). But in...
