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 […]
Why is knowing what’s important to us - er - important? I mean, can’t we just accept that this life is random, may be even predetermined and nothing we do is of any real importance? Er - well, if thinking that helps you: go for it. But if you’re not of the nihilistic ilk then […]
In this week’s episode of the Creative Introvert podcast I talk to Théa Anderson Théa Anderson is one of those people who radiate warmth when you meet them - from the get go. I was lucky enough to be introduced to her by a mutual friend earlier this year. Over coffee, and may be a […]
Are you a demotivated creative introvert? May be this was just my experience. May be it happens to everyone as they grown up, fly the nest and have to start getting by on their own two feet. For me, someone who thought themselves as naturally motivated to perform well, focus on whatever task I had […]
