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How do you feel about asking for help? Since 2014 one of my most popular posts was about…
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When things feel anxious and uncertain it can be hard to know where to focus our time and…
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They say that the internet provides a veil. It gives you the opportunity to be the person you…
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He didn’t flinch. He didn’t look up. With his head down, heart full of hope, and metal detector…
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It was the first weekend for ages that I’ve been at home without concrete plans. Some space to…
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Stoicism has found its way into our consciousness over recent years. Some might write it off as just…
The post What is Stoicism and Why Has it Made a Big Comeback? appeared first on Andy Mort.
The word “sensitive” often leads people to images of untempered emotional volatility. They describe someone as “overly sensitive”.…
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Do you get nervous when you see a sign like this? Smart phones and pocket technology are amazing.…
The post Before You Get the Camera Out: Where Are You and What Does it Mean? appeared first on Andy Mort.
Do you perform worse when you’re being observed doing a task? This is one of the traits of…
The post How to Stay Calm When You’re Being Observed appeared first on Andy Mort.
If there’s one thing to know about quiet people, it’s that your first impression of them is probably…
The post How “Quiet People” are Often Misread and Misunderstood appeared first on Andy Mort.
Have you ever held a grudge against someone? I’m guessing most of us have. I know I have.…
The post What Impact Are Your Grudges Having On Your Health? appeared first on Andy Mort.
Something puzzling keeps happening. On a number of occasions recently I’ve been baffled by an absurd, mind-bending paradox…
The post Why Public Shaming Actually Feeds the Monster It Wants to Destroy appeared first on Andy Mort.
Do you ever think about the different virtues of your character? It might seem like a strange question…
The post Hand Your Virtues Back to the Sources of Your Character appeared first on Andy Mort.
I’ve been thinking about hope again. It often springs to mind when the news is full of atrocities,…
The post Despite Everything, Hope is Still Alive and Well…it has to be appeared first on Andy Mort.
Ever been subjected to a good submergence in “The Deep End”? In a job perhaps? A boss who…
The post I Don’t Need to Be Thrown in at The Deep End To Learn appeared first on Andy Mort.
‘You can’t take it with you’. As an undertaker this is an idiom I hear quite a lot.…
The post You Don’t Own Any of This; It’s All Borrowed, and You’ll Need to Hand it Back appeared first on Andy Mort.
Do you usually give yourself a morning lie in when the opportunity presents itself? You know, like on…
The post The Trajectory of Your Calm-ometer is Set When You Get Up appeared first on Andy Mort.
Are you prepared for the unexpected? A few days before Christmas I had a missed call from our…
The post Tales of the Unexpected: When Life Bowls You a Googly, What Do You Do? appeared first on Andy Mort.
I like themes. They help me focus. It would seem many people are the same. I’ve noticed a…
The post Mine is ‘The Year of Jigsaw’: What’s YOUR Theme for 2017? appeared first on Andy Mort.
A few years ago the term YOLO was popularised. In a nut shell it was used to say…
The post How Does the Truth of YOLO Impact Your Lifestyle and Mindset? appeared first on Andy Mort.
Our world has becoming pretty big on building reputation through perception. We are particularly good at using words to…
The post The Paradox of Cool: Your Words Can Only Get You So Far appeared first on Andy Mort.
‘Productivity’ is a word that makes me (and other introverts/HSPs) squirm a little. I like to keep it…
The post The Productivity Obsession: Can We Create More Space for Humanness? appeared first on Andy Mort.
When I was a kid I used to do cross-stitch. My grandma got me into it. I would…
The post Are You an Accessible Introvert or a Shadow Dwelling Introvert? appeared first on Andy Mort.
A lovely little picture popped up on my Instagram feed the other day. ‘Travel is the Only Thing…
The post Travel is NOT the Only Thing You Buy That Makes You Richer appeared first on Andy Mort.
“True beauty is skin deep. It is little more than an artificial, surface level perception.” For introverts and…
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Are you naturally interested in what goes on beneath the surface? One of the characteristics of introverted people…
The post Introverts and The Inner-World(s) of Thoughts and Ideas appeared first on Andy Mort.
Do you ever procrastinate? I’m assuming you do from time to time. I mean, most of us have…
The post Let’s Get it Done…Now: High Sensitivity and Precrastination appeared first on Andy Mort.
Highly Sensitive People don’t like sport. We can’t stand adrenaline-fuelled competitive activities. It jibes with the sensitive temperament…apparently.…
The post Why I Love Sport…Even Though I’m an HSP! appeared first on Andy Mort.
Around every corner of the internet there is something written about ‘productivity’. If you’re anything like me the…
The post Signs You’re Stuck in The Productivity Trap (and How to Escape) appeared first on Andy Mort.
My single most favourite thing about being human is the gift of humour. The fact that we can…
The post The Sense of Humour for The Highly Sensitive Person appeared first on Andy Mort.
OK, I’m going to make a confession. I know, I know, it makes me uncool. It makes Oscar…
The post Why I Talk to My Neighbours About The Weather appeared first on Andy Mort.
‘This is rubbish, why would anyone want to do it!’ Have you ever thought or uttered words to…
The post What Peppa Pig Can Teach Us About Trying New Things appeared first on Andy Mort.
Not all moments of solitude are born equal Spending time alone is as important as breathing air for…
The post The Biggest Mistakes You May Be Making When You’re Alone appeared first on Andy Mort.
Responsibility: urgh. Such an adult word. It comes in sentences like ‘you need to take more responsibility’ when you’re…
The post Build a Responsibility Laboratory: Twist Peoples’ Minds appeared first on Andy Mort.
As a highly sensitive person do you experience inner conflict between a desire to keep people happy and…
The post The Inner Conflict: People-Pleasing vs Doing What Matters appeared first on Andy Mort.
“If you want to get the best out of us then there’s something you need to stop doing.…
The post Why You Can’t Micro-Manage a Highly Sensitive Person appeared first on Andy Mort.
Soap operas are a fictitious exercise of life stretched, magnified, and unravelled. They show us life as it…
The post How Does Soap Opera Community Impact Your Worldview? appeared first on Andy Mort.
Disappointment is a great emotion. I mean, I hate it. I try to avoid it at all costs,…
The post Why You Should Allow Disappointment into Your Life appeared first on Andy Mort.
The ‘open-plan’ office, communal workspace. How does it make you feel? It is a concept that originated in…
The post Why the Apparent Advantages of The Open-Plan Office are Devastating for Introverts appeared first on Andy Mort.
I had a bit of a sad conversation with a friend recently. He had just got back off…
The post A Gentle Rebel Without a ‘Cause’: Questions to Ask When You Need to Find It appeared first on Andy Mort.