What Did I Learn in the Pandemic? It's Too Soon To Tell.
This is Part Three of a Three-Part Series I set out this week to write about what I learned about being an extrovert during two years of...
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Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
Loving Your Extroverted Loved Ones Part One
Part One of a Three-Part Series Growing up in church, Sundays meant we were going to church service and then fellowship on the patio. Our...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 6 min
The Inner Life of Extroverts
I am one of those moms to whom their children have to give instructions before they walk into a social setting. “Mom, don’t dance in...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
I’ll Be There For You (But In a Grown-Up Way)
If you’ve read my long enough or heard me speak, you know that I eventually understood myself to be codependent: a helper, fixer, and...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 4 min
Does Anyone See Me?
This Is Part Three of the Series: Why Risk Real Relationships. Lately I’ve been finding myself nostalgic for the communities of my past....
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
Good News: You’re Probably Normal
This is Part One of a four-part series: Why Risk Real Relationships. For the last year, I’ve been going through a bit of a complex...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 4 min
Part Three: The Invaluable Lessons I Learned from Introverts
Last week I called my friend Jodi to check on her. Jodi is one of my favorite people, one of the J’s I dedicated my book to. (See Chapter...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 4 min
Part Two: What’s Not Wrong with Introverts
The pandemic continues, but we’re also processing part of the pandemic. We went a year with no weddings, no kids’ birthday parties, no...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 4 min
Part One: On Loving Introverts, Quietly and for Short Periods of Time
Parenting an introvert is awkward. For example: For years, I hosted a number of annual neighborhood gatherings. If they were “supposed”...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 7 min
What to Do with Angry People (Like Me)
This post is about what we might try doing with, and for, angry people. We are surrounded by angry people in America today. Angry people...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 5 min
How to Keep Your Friends in a Polarized World
A month ago, a mothers’ group in Arizona asked me if I could speak via Zoom on navigating friendships with people of differing political...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 3 min
The Five Friends You Need in Quarantine
Updated: Apr 30, 2020 Over the last four weeks, my girlfriends have been coming through for me and — may I say it? — I for them. This is...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 30, 2022
- 3 min
I'm Sorry and I Was Wrong
I'm sorry. I was wrong. I was thinking about myself. I wasn't really listening. I didn't know what to say, so I said nothing. Tomorrow...
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
My Wonder Women
A funny thing happens when you are writing a book. You can't read anyone else's. It's not just me. Other authors have written about this....
Amanda Anderson
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
I Don't Have a Tribe, I Have Bridesmaids
I recently met a women's pastor, Debbie, at a speaking event. I'm not big on small talk, so within 30 seconds we were talking about...
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