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Being Highly Sensitive

After taking last week’s quiz, you might have determined you’re a “highly sensitive person,” or HSP. Or maybe someone special in your life is. Psychological research and social norms have come a long way in understanding (and even defining)...

“Highly Sensitive”

“You’re too sensitive” “You need to get out of your shell” “You act like a baby” Sometimes bullied and picked on, teased until it hurts, never seeming to be able to fit in. Does any of this sound familiar to you or someone you...

Superpower #4

Writing! One common talent I’ve observed in many introverts is the need to write. I’m not talking about anything professional necessarily – although it seems many, many novelists, journalists, poets, etc are introverts. Introverts tend to prefer...

Your Superpower #3

Empathetic listening. Few people have the ability to truly empathize, and listen with intention. I don’t know about you, but when something comes easy, we tend to 1) think  everyone else can do it too, and 2) it’s no big deal. As introverts, we have...

Your Superpower #2

Introspection. Your ability to see and understand what’s going on behind the scenes, into the processes and thoughts that shore up organizations and structures is awesome. Do you enjoy research, looking at something from all angles? Planning? What an...