If you're a perfectionist --- or a recovering perfectionist, like me --- you do NOT need inspirational quotes to get you going. Most days, you need someone to tell you to calm down, slow down, lower your standards, and that everything's gonna b
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Join Burnout 101 (it's free)Hello! I'm starting a conversation about Burnout as I write a book on the same subject.Have you ever burnt out? Are you worried you might? Scroll down to participate in webinars on Burnout!I've been through a burn
Saturday morning, my best buddy Dayna and I left the island by ferry: she to watch the Leafs play Vancouver, I to enjoy the city and see friends. We caught "the 9:00 ferry," which to Victoria-dwellers means the Swartz-Bay-to-Tsawwassen-about-1.
Unemployedby Corrina "Corri" Lobbezoo “Unemployed” --what an ugly word;It’s a closing door,a one-winged bird. I’m stuck, I’m sinkingI’m hot with shame.Why can’t I do better? It’s always the same: I’m here all alone,How can I climb out?Well, CAN
Hi reader!I really really wanted to go to Tofino this weekend. And surf. I have these Live2Surf passes to rent board and gear that expire soon (#groupon), and I’ve been wanting to go for months. It hasn’t worked out since last September. Wah. I
I like taking video of the ocean because I love sitting by the ocean and watching and listening to the waves. It's my drug of choice.And I live on the Pacific now, but I grew up in lovely but landlocked rural Ontario. (No ocean). So I don't tak
A while ago, I hosted a Blab (live video chat) to welcome you to explore the topic of ‘what is real connection?’ The various people who spoke had interesting things to say. Some fairly quotable, I thought.So, here are some of their comments. St
How to Kill an Introvert: Use the Weapon of Small TalkLast Saturday, I hosted a Blab to welcome you to explore further the topic of ‘what is real connection?’ My friend Sarah suggested that I blog with some of what we unearthed – good idea, Sar
In my early teens, I had a good friend I loved to visit. Her name was Sarah. She often included another girl we both knew. I went along with it because those were the terms.On my turf, I made sure it was just the two of us. I didn’t dislike the
In the spring, my awesome little bro AJ came to visit me in Victoria, and brought his friend Evan. (These two lads travelled to Tofino and learnt to surf too).Just planning for their visit, I got socially tired. Groceries were bought for two hu
My buddy Micayla facebook-messaged me: “I’m an ambivert.”Ambiverts are equally introverted and extroverted.How is that possible? Well, because introverts and extroverts aren’t two distinct categories with an iron gate in between.Our friend CRIN
Already an Introvert Kingdom Insider? No? End the Madness - click here!Hiking this morning, I looked out at the water. Always do that. I live on a point in a bay.This time, there was nothing to be seen in the water. (On Canadian Thanksgiving,
Just last Sunday, a former pastor --- talk about a people-oriented job – quietly told me that he is a secret introvert.Since I started Introvert Kingdom in January, people have sidled up to me and slyly muttered, “hey, about that Introvert King
Why The Blue Jays Win & Citizens Don't Voteby Corri LobbezooHere in Canada, the Toronto Blue Jays (our only national major league baseball team) are into the playoffs and on a rip we can all be proud of. (Although we have been subjected to FOX
Hi and hello!Do you have FOWOT? Fear of what others think? (Yep, I made FOWOT up. You know how North Americans just love our acronyms.)If you fear what others think, you’re like lots of other introverts. My recent study of 53 introverts showed
A loud crash shocks me awake. I tense in my sleeping bag. What was that? I open my eyes, wide, but it’s dark and I see nothing. I strain to hear. It sounds like a very large, definitely alive creature pushing against the garbage bins no more th