It's been an incredible year of growth for myself and space2live. I include my own growth in this post because based on your comments and readership I believe my personal experiences as a single introvert fumbling through love, parenthood and self-exploration, resonate with you. If they don't resonate, you at least find them amusing or informative [...]
Space and Intimacy. Yes please! The two are not mutually exclusive for introverts. This post by T.K. Coleman arrived like a Christmas gift with its perfectly succinct and meaningful insight. Introverts are capable of powerful love if given enough space.:) Enjoy! Hope your holiday was beautiful. Warmly, Brenda
Redford and Streep. Out of Africa. I wasn't sure Lorraine and others like her — ones who were so despairing of marriage, ones who were so sure their expectations could never be met — understood that it was these small moments of caretaking that meant the most, that forged the real relationship. The way [...]
NBA superstar, Kobe Bryant, practices without a basketball. According to his former teammate, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe spends time cutting, motioning and grunting like he is dribbling and shooting but without a ball. Shaq finds this weird but admits it seems to help Kobe's game. Bet you didn't think you'd get a sport's story here.;) Feeling weird in your [...]
A sweet man recently asked if it was necessary for my partner to be an introvert. I had to think about it. Right after my marriage ended I swore I would never be in a longterm relationship with an extrovert again. They just don't get me. We can't connect deeply and spiritually. But... in [...]
In American culture, we believe that men can never be entirely trusted in the realm of the physical. We collectively suspect that, given the opportunity, men will collapse into the sexual at a moment’s notice...And where does this leave men? Physically and emotionally isolated. Cut off from the deeply human physical contact that is proven [...]
