voice note #1: stillness feels unsafe, boredom feels like a threat
In this first voice note, I share how doomscrolling until 3 a.m. was a tough reminder on the importance of stillness and boredom.I normally enjoy calm and quiet, but the more helpless and hopeless I f...
30 Jun 202510min
5. I used an app to get dinner with 5 strangers on a Wednesday night
Making new friends as an adult can feel awkward, intimidating, and sometimes downright impossible. But it doesn't have to be.In this episode, I share how I used my own framework to make friends as an ...
9 Jun 202519min
Bonus. The valedictorian speech I talk about in episode 3
This is as straightforward as it gets. You asked for the speech, and here it is! With some unscripted commentary ;)Ahh this is literally from the archives of my life since I wrote and delivered it lik...
2 Jun 20257min
4. I told my mom to get help from a therapist instead of me
I was elbow deep in Dungeness crab, and I hadn’t planned to say it, but I did. I told my mom to seek the help of a therapist instead of venting to me. And thankfully, none of my worst fears came true....
26 Mai 202513min
3. I sarcastically named my valedictorian speech "Fortune Cookie"
I thought becoming valedictorian would feel like a win. Instead, it felt like a quiet defeat, involving an unchosen rivalry with a white boy, a speech I didn’t want to give, and an achievement that cr...
19 Mai 202515min
2. I resented my sister over a set of highlighters
What starts as a story about missing highlighters quickly unfolds into something deeper... resentment, family dynamics, and the invisible pressure of being the eldest daughterIn this episode, I revisi...
12 Mai 202516min
1. I rebranded my podcast, and I didn't die
After two years of Ask an Introvert, I did something that scared the sh*t out of me... I rebranded the podcast.In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of why I changed the name and how and I did...
5 Mai 20259min
