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 Juni 202510min
6. I traveled to the desert to meet an Internet friend
Making new friends as an adult can feel risky, emotionally and physically. What if it’s awkward? What if you don’t click? What if they kidnap you in the desert?But also what if it all goes right? In t...
16 Juni 202512min
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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Maj 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 Maj 202515min
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 Maj 20259min
