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Moving at the Speed of Introversion: Living With a Slow Richness and Loving It

By Brenda Knowles|2015-09-22T16:06:58-05:00June 21st, 2013|Categories: Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Personal Evolution|Tags: Copyblogger, living slower, Mark Mallman, Opting out of the retrace, Sonia Simone, stop multi-tasking|

You know sometimes I try To take it fast in this life But it gets me down And I fall to my knees I take it wisely There’s no time, no time I got no time to keep up with you ~Mark Mallman, Baby Takes it Slow This post originally appeared on space2live in October of [...]

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Poky Puppies and Hares with ADD: The Benefits of Taking It Slow

By Brenda Knowles|2015-09-22T16:07:18-05:00October 28th, 2011|Categories: Emotions and Energy, Introverts and Highly Sensitive People|Tags: Copyblogger, living slower, Mark Mallman, Opting out of the retrace, Sonia Simone, stop multi-tasking|

You know sometimes I try To take it fast in this life But it gets me down And I fall to my knees I take it wisely There’s no time, no time I got no time to keep up with you ~Mark Mallman, Baby Takes it Slow I plod along at 5.7 MPH on a treadmill [...]

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How Charlie Sheen Got Me Off the Fence

By Brenda Knowles|2015-09-22T16:07:50-05:00April 1st, 2011|Categories: Introverts and Highly Sensitive People, Popular Posts|Tags: Copyblogger, effective writing, Mark Murnahan, people pleaser, polarization, polarizing writing, polarizing your audience, vulnerability, writing|

The whole polarization concept intrigues me. Polarizing figures like Charlie Sheen, Simon Cowell (former American Idol judge) and Sarah Palin succeed even though they divide their audience. They piss people off. They are disliked and despised by many. But on the flip side they have true fans, people whose beliefs align so closely with theirs that they [...]

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This is me. This is me from the day I was born. For so long I felt misunderstood and rejected, even by the people closest to me, because they could never understand my need for solitude, and I had no idea how to explain it to them. Even now that I know more about Introversion and have a more informed understanding of my hard-wired need for solitude, it’s still very difficult sometimes to help my loved ones understand this profound craving for time and space all to myself. This is one of the best… Read more

Sharon

Your site has saved my sanity and my life. Maybe even my marriage. I work part time and have two young boys at home, my husband is supportive of me but until recently I thought I was going crazy. … Reading your writing not only inspires me to pick up the pen again, but gives me nourishment in the deepest places. I will fight for balance. Everything you write is spot on… And wellness is so incredibly multifaceted. I was ready to give up hope, but understanding myself through your words is bring… Read more

J.K.

During one of the harder times in my life I found Brenda’s website
and reached out to her. To say the least it has been one of the best
decisions I have made. Being an extrovert I never quite understood
what it meant to romantically involved with an introvert. Brenda does
an incredible job listening, giving in the moment feedback, and helped
me understand the how an introvert functions. She helped explain to me
that I am introspective extrovert, and this gave something to identify
with and allowed me t… Read more

Evan H.

“I was struggling with my daughter (16 at the time) and our constant fighting. You said something to me that changed my life! You were speaking about your own situation and you said to me “my child could not handle my emotions”. This was a HUGE “lightbulb moment” for me and it forever changed the way I dealt with my emotions when I was around my daughter!

I am happy to say that things have never been better between my soon to be 18 year old daughter and myself! I honestly never thought we would… Read more

Mom M

Your words are my lifeline. I sit down to your posts and as I read I can feel my acceptance of myself and my needs grow. Your words validate my feelings about my life, motherhood, relationships and it is something I hold onto. And during the times when I feel like I am not able to be a mother or a wife or a sister or a friend or whatever someone needs me to be, I go back to your words and find some peace…I send your posts to my husband when I need him to understand that I love him but I need … Read more

D.R.

For the first time in my life I could truly explain, through your words the way in which I experience life and myself. Brenda… It all fell into place. I had found myself and had such a moment of clarity. It felt like such a big weight was lifted off of my shoulders. Finally I felt like it was ok to be me. I was not the only one. I had found people and a little space where I fit in. … I was at work and crying on the inside. Emotions ran wild inside me. I was ecstatic, sad, confused, motivated, i… Read more

Niko