01/09/2025
September newsletter.
5 ways to appreciate the introvert and extrovert in your family.
5 ways to appreciate the introvert and extrovert in your family.
Family holidays can produce a mixture of emotions. Spending prolonged time together can be stressful even disappointing, generating emotional triggers or even past grievances. This is not necessarily a reflection of a dysfunctional family, often rather the mixture of personalities and over the top expectations of the notion of a romanticised family structure, compounded further, by the daily glamorous videos and photos we are bombarded with portraying perfect social media families, who let’s face it, really do not share the same everyday challenges of the average family!
How to get the best from family time.
By learning to identify and understand the personality attributes within the introvert and extrovert traits of individual family members, as the introvert needs down time alone to recharge as prolonged exposure to busy family environments can leave them feeling overwhelmed and drained. While the extrovert in the family will feel rejuvenated enjoying lots of family activities and family time.
Its important to dispel common black and white thinking that introverts are shy and socially inept while extroverts are the life and soul of every gathering, and recognise that both share a spectrum, therefore while there is a leaning towards one or the other the reality is most people are a blend upon the spectrum. For example, an introvert may enjoy alone quite inner reflection to recharge yet equally excel at giving talks and thrive in certain social settings.
The important nuance to recognise for enjoyable family time is to recognise how the introvert and extrovert each manage their energy levels and recharge.
5 tips to understand the strengths and challenges of the introvert and extroverts for enjoyable family time.
1 - Reality check-in: Managing unrealistic expectations by discussing practicalities of family time/outings beforehand.
2 - The reward centre in the brain: When organising an outing or family gathering allow for the right mixture of family excitement and pace to satisfy the extrovert who tend to have more dopamine receptors compared to the introvert, hence is on the lookout for their next hit of dopamine from the reward pathway, this prevents boredom and helps keep them energised, motivated and happy.
3 - Cortisol level: introverts tend to have higher base cortisol levels, they therefore can become easily over stimulated, consequently plan activities with scheduled intervals of free time to give them space to down- regulate their nervous system, needed to recharge their energy levels.
4 - Boundaries, asking each family member to respectfully communicate personal needs helps to generate a safe environment crucial for maintaining psychological well-being for both the introvert and extrovert family member.
5 - 1-2-1 time: Spending 1-2-1 with the introvert family members. equally accompanying bigger functions or social events with the extroverts in the family. Permits for quality relationship time within their ideal environment.
New for September:
Very excited to announce the release of my lifestyle and wellness 90-day habit builder journal. Date of release will be posted to social media once this is finalised.
Dates for October:
Four-week Mindfulness beginners’ course:
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This course takes a slower, more thoughtful approach, breaking mindfulness into easy-to-understand practices that build week by week.
You’ll learn how to: Calm your mind and body: Build self-awareness
Manage stress with practical techniques: Foster emotional resilience
Courses run 3 times a year: March, June, and October.
Next Online course Time:7-8pm
Mindfulness Beginners Course
October 1st, 8th, 15th, & 22
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