Welcome back to the savvy psychologist. I'm Dr. Ellen Hendrickson and every week I'll help you

meet life's challenges with evidence-based research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.

Now this week is the second in a six week special series on all things introversion, shyness, and

social anxiety to celebrate the upcoming publication of my first book, How to Be Yourself.

Quiet your inner critic and rise above social anxiety,

which comes out March 13th.

Now, last week we talked with Juilliard trained performance psychologist

Dr Noah Kagayama and I have to say I used some of his tips when I gave a

presentation last week and they totally worked so if you missed last week's

episode definitely check it out. Now this week we will

talk with acclaimed author and professional introvert Sophia Dembling about the ways we get

introversion wrong and how to make introversion work best for you.

So without further ado, Sophia Dembling is a writer in Dallas, Texas.

She is the author of The Introverts Way. Emily is a writer in Dallas, Texas.

She is the author of The Introverts Way,

living a quiet life in a noisy world,

and Introverts in Love, The Quiet Way

to Happily Ever After. She also writes The Excellent Introverts Corner. quiet way to happily ever after.

She also writes the excellent introverts Corner blog for Psychology Today and is the author of

100 places in the USA Every Woman Should Go and the Yankee Chick's survival guide to Texas.

Sophia Dembling, welcome to the show.

Thanks very much for having me.

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