Joanna Rawbone

March 5th is celebrated as being World Book Day, and I for one, really enjoy this day. It’s widely reported that introverts love reading, and for many of us ...

Have you ever been pondering something only to be bombarded with information or messages about the very thing you’ve been pondering? It’s been happening to m...

Have you ever had an ‘aha’ moment at a really unexpected time? My recent ‘aha’ came during an amazing holiday we’re just back from; a trip of a lifetime kin...

I’ve just seen a meme about Introvert problems that said, ‘Being judged, because rather than socialising around the office you actually do your work’ and it ...

How many of you are reluctant to sell your service and/or product? I certainly have been so let me share with you what is behind some of my reluctance. Recen...

There are so many times that I've heard people remark how sad it is when they see people out to dinner who sit and eat in silence. They often say something l...

I’ll start by asking you, dear reader, for permission and forgiveness in equal measure; permission to have a bit of a rant and forgiveness for using my blog ...

I was chatting with a fellow introvert today about how they find selling difficult, especially if it’s their ‘thing’ they’re trying to sell. Now I know this ...

Following on from my recent post about pretending and prompted by a recent client question, I feel the need to write about something that may actually be pre...

Many of the Introverts I work with tell me they’re tired of pretending to be something they’re not in an attempt to fit in. Worse than that, some realise tha...

Today I got way out of my comfort zone and did a Facebook live about ‘showing up’. Now lots of you know that I’m a trainer and coach so why do I find this s...

Today was one of those extraordinary days when so many things I’d been working on reached completion allowing space for more new things to begin. One of thos...

A fellow introvert was explaining how she’d had a full-on week then the weekend ended up being non-stop social Interaction. She said she was now a complete w...

I was asked a really fundamental question today; “Do introverts know that they are introverts?” The short answer is some do, and some don’t. Some people, lik...

Someone shared a quote attributed to Richard Branson today which set off a whole train of thought. The catalytic quote was “Nothing good in my life has ever ...

Today I’ve been delivering training with one of my professional service clients and one of the necessary skills we talked about was listening. I shared the d...

At the weekend, I spend some time with an acquaintance who’d I’d always considered to be an extravert. Jane is larger than life and twice as much fun with a ...

I’m finding this difficult to write as I’m veering into territory that is outside my expertise. But veer I must. I am a member of a couple of social media gr...

I was listening to the radio and one of the lines in a song was something like "Some people are like clouds; the day gets brighter when they go away". This m...

I was recently watching the van Tulleken twins, both doctors, talking about their current series ‘The Twinstitute’, which I’m finding fascinating by the way....