Introverts and Small Talk: Escaping the Conversational Quicksand

Introverts and Small Talk: Escaping the Conversational Quicksand I put it to you: cheerfully (or less) answering the chatty colleague’s questions or slowly turning the other way, pretending you remembered something important that had to be done right away? Small talk. The bane of an introvert’s existence, the social sinkhole we’d rather avoid. Binge-watching documentaries […]

Graceful, Grateful and Wise

Graceful, Grateful and Wise   Between the brave excitement of youth and the reflective nature of old age lies the often-overlooked stage of middle age. It is that time in a person’s life when thirty years ago feels like yesterday, but moving with the agility of a twenty-year-old is long gone. We, in mid-life, start […]