It wasn’t easy back in 1984  to do some of the things I wanted to do in order to grow.  “After having searched for a year, I finally found an elderly Christ’s Church choir member who gave singing lessons, and he agreed to teach me.. …My first session was as awkward as anything in my whole life. […]

What might be a good first step to overcome destructive shyness? For me it was getting to know myself. I’d never done that, but when I was 42 and saw a psychologist, she said that I wasn’t well developed and had to go through adolescence! She recommended that I meditate on a regular basis about myself and how I relate […]

“It’s nice to write to you ,I am from China ,and working in a company .I find it’s difficult to get along well with my workmates ,because I am trubled.” This is from JL. It was sent to my personal email instead of the blog one. JL, please use the blog email next time, so I […]

It can be a cover up, but not always. As we get older and still don’t kick the shyness habit, sometimes we rationalize that we’re not shy just private. After all, isn’t that what introverts are all about? Living and working in their minds? Yes, but some love it! They’re happy with it. For example, take Mark […]

Tonight we turn ahead the clocks. My whole calendar moved forward very fast this winter. I hope I conveyed in some of my blogs just how wonderful San Miguel de Allende can be and this winter it treated me perhaps more superbly than ever. I am so grateful for it; my energy is returning,hurrah, after 4 months of dense dose chemo and […]