In this episode of The Creative Introvert podcast I interview J. Thorn - the the voice behind The Intronaut, a podcast for introverts that I absolutely love and can definitely recommend to fellow innies. J is a Top 100 Most Popular Author on Amazon, and believes that reading dark fiction can be healing. His overriding mission is to connect […]
In this episode of The Creative Introvert podcast I dig into how we can identify our personality type and use it to our advantage in our creative work. Now, you might have heard of various personality type tests; StrengthsFinder, the Big Five, the Enneagram… and Myers-Briggs - which is what I’m going to be basing this […]
In this episode of The Creative Introvert podcast I interview Martin Stellar - the monk for entrepreneurs. Martin Stellar is one of the few people, next to Seth Godin, whose emails I actually look forward to getting: they are always weirdly timely to whatever I’m going through in my creative business life. He specialises in business coaching […]
In this episode of The Creative Introvert podcast I explain what the introvert’s dilemma is - and how to deal with it. Part of being a functioning human in society does require… other people. That’s the introvert dilemma I’m talking about. People! This podcast episode is all about how introverts do indeed need other people - […]
It only seems right that the first ‘proper’ episode of The Creative Introvert podcast covers the topic that started this whole Creative Introvert thing off. Here’s what I cover: What is introversion (really) How I discovered my introversion How knowing your personality type helps How knowing others personality types helps What are the introvert’s superpowers How […]
If you hadn’t noticed… I’m an introvert. Introverts are not exactly known for their gift of the gab. Sure, we can hold a conversation when it’s an intimate tête-à-tête: a one to one with a friend or someone we feel comfortable with. But put us in a room full of people and ask us to […]
‘Just act more confident’ ‘If only I had more confidence…’ ‘How to get more confidence today!’ The ‘C’ word has always had a tendency to make me squirm. When confidence coaches tell us to puff our chests out, fake it until ya make it, lipsync to songs in the car and dance like no ones […]
True story: a year ago this week I added a note to Evernote titled ‘What I Wish I Knew a Year Ago’ and set a reminder to go off in 12 months time. I had just set up this site, and had decided to start focussing more on helping fellow creatives with marketing and the business-end […]
As much as us introverts like to think of ourselves as independent beings, happy enough (or ecstatic) to spend time alone: we are, as humans, pack animals. Feeling a sense of belonging; feeling heard, feeling seen: these are some of the basic needs pretty much all of us need - even some of us on […]
We’re preached to a lot about ‘balance’. How to have a healthy work-life balance. A balanced diet. Balancing your books. But what about being able to balance your energy? As an introvert, I know that energy is one of - if not my most - valued resource. Without having the energy; the pep in my […]
