The point of this mini-series is, quite simply to help you discover more about… you. Self-knowledge is arguably the most critical catalyst in personal development : how you manage your energy, how you interact with others, where your strengths lie… Not to mention a key player in business success. When you know yourself, you can […]
A short one today to mark the grand re-opening of the League of Creative Introverts, my online community for like-minded creatives who are ready to get their work out into the world… but on their terms – no extroverting required! I tackle the common questions I get about the League of Creative Introverts including… Isn’t […]
In this week’s episode of the Creative Introvert podcast I talk to Jamie Arpin-Ricci, speaker and community enthusiast and author of The Introvert Writer. What we discussed: How Jamie’s social life actually improved on discovering his introversion Does knowing our personality type become an excuse for bad behaviour? The discipline of sponteneity How to […]
If you’ve been listening to this podcast a while, you might have heard a bit about my story – how I left my day job as a professional pixel pusher – I mean, web designer – to pursue my childhood dreams of becoming an illustrator and above all – be able to work from HOME. […]
Networking. A word almost as cringe-inducing as saying Volde-I mean, he who must not be named. Regardless of whether you’re an introvert OR an extrovert – I actually don’t know if anyone admits to enjoying networking. It’s kind of like exercise. We know it’s good for us but it doesn’t come without some pain – […]
In this week’s episode of the Creative Introvert podcast I talk to Nicola Mills, opera singer for the people. What we discussed: How Nicola started singing despite her unmusical upbringing How Nicola considers herself shy and how this affects her nerves on stage The community Nicola found through singing What Nicola did to overcome […]
If you google the words ‘self sabotage’ you will see there’s nearly two million results for this term. Two million? If that’s anything to go by, I’d say self sabotage is a pretty common human behaviour – even if it doesn’t always make sense on paper. When I first heard the term, I snorted: why […]
In this week’s episode of the Creative Introvert podcast I talk to Tony Wrighton, Sky Sports presenter and host of the podcast Zestology. You might not know this about me but before I starting blogging as the Creative Introvert, I had a blog called – wait for it – Cat Food is Good For […]
In 2013, my introvert dreams were answered. I had made the heady decision on New Years Day to book plane tickets to Japan, signalling my no-way-backing-out-now decision to leave my safety bubble that was my 9-5 job as a web designer in London. It also signalled the start of my 6-month experiment: be a Freelancer. […]
In this week’s episode of the Creative Introvert podcast I talk to Dr. Ken Carter all about high sensation seeking – a newly discovered trait of mine! Dr Ken Carter is a Professor of Psychology at Emory University and has been a psychotherapist and researcher for more than 20 years. I first came across his […]