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    Alice Bradley

    Alice Bradley

    Editorial Director of Quiet Revolution.

  • How Raising An Introvert Made Me A Better Educator

    Heidi Kasevich is Quiet Revolution’s Director of Quiet Education, leading the effort to found the Quiet Schools Network. QSN works to affect change in our education system by unlocking the power of introverted learners and educators. QSN is offering a summer insitute for educators in June 2016; visit QSN to learn more.

  • My Introverted Son Had A Blast At A Big Birthday Party. Here's Why.

    The most fun my son has ever had at a birthday party was while he was holding my wife’s hand. Aside from the birthday girl and her older sister, my son didn’t know any of the other guests, and my wife and I only knew the girls’ parents. Two young women were leading the kids in a slow walk across a balance beam.

  • The Quiet Practice Where I Found My Voice

    It was a modern congregation, with a choir, pews, and a collection plate, but they still honored old traditions with a period of silent worship, where everyone sits in contemplative silence, speaking only when deeply moved to speak. I sat in my pew with my hands on my belly, listening to that thick meaningful silence, and I felt comforted and still. Eventually, I found my way to a much smaller meeting, where I knew the names of everyone present—a meeting without a pastor or a choir, with a simple collection plate that stays fixed in a discreet location in the lobby.

  • 6 Lessons From An Introverted Parent Raising An Extroverted Kid

    This article first appeared onQuietRev.com This is a safe space, so I’m going to tell you something I don’t dare speak aloud at home in my living room:If I have to provide voices for the creatures of My Little Pony for one more minute, it will likely be a string of expletives that would melt Pinkie Pie’s little plastic ears. I’m glad I got that off my chest. There are four kids in the Howerton family.

  • 5 Proven Steps To Conquer Self Doubt

    I feel that I'm faking it all, I'm secretly terrible at everything I do, and it's just a matter of time before I'm outed as the incompetent nothing that I really am. I know that sounds harsh, but that's what's going on in my head almost 24-7. It's crazy-making.

  • The Best Thing I Can Give To My Introverted Son

    Similarly, Felix loves going to school and spending time with his peers. His teachers report that he's an energetic, talkative, and engaged member of the class, trying hard to be kind and connect with others. But this expenditure of verbal energy and charisma takes a toll on him, and so I have to carefully orchestrate our schedule after school to avoid 5 PM meltdowns.

  • 4 Things I Learned As An Extrovert Raising An Introvert

    While I can’t understand what it’s like to be Isaac, time and reading about what introverts need have helped me to adjust my parenting to best meet Isaac’s quiet nature. More importantly, just because he doesn’t say much or hides in his room for hours at a time doesn’t mean he’s withdrawn, depressed, or doesn’t like us! Paying attention to what’s normal for Isaac—and not the other, more extroverted, members of our family—helps me recognize when he might need a little extra support.

  • I'm An Introvert, And It Makes Me A Better Journalist

    When I say I'm a reporter, the looks I get are priceless. Despite the fact that “reserved” and “reporter” don't sound like they go together in the (fictional) media's perception of the world, I've found that the two correlate quite well in the real world. It is highly possible to prefer smaller groups, alone time, and quiet—and be a successful reporter.

  • The Modern Parenting Crisis You Never Hear About

    Contemporary demands, especially for parents of young children, are unsustainable. While it may seem counter-intuitive to assume that mothers who work more hours today spend more time with their children than stay-at-home moms in the 1960s, this is indeed the case, especially when the time spent “teaching and playing” is considered.

  • How Attending Comic-Con Tested This Introvert's Comfort Zone

    Cosplay is short for costume play; dressing up as a character is a popular way to attend Comic-Con. I became that Papa who took his daughter out of school “due to Comic-Con” (in hindsight, I probably could have used a more creative excuse when calling my daughter's school). A year before Comic-Con, I actively encouraged cosplay even though we didn't call it that.

  • The Real Reason Introverts Dread Small Talk

    Why do we introverts dislike small talk? It’s true that just like salsa dancing or cooking, the skill of small talk can be learned and refined—and as our level of mastery increases so does our confidence. In reality, most introverts are drained by small talk because it feels fake and meaningless.

  • An Introvert's Guide To Surviving A Breakup

    You’ve loved and lost, but this is a transient state. Dating becomes less, “Hurray! The potential for love and companionship and a rad travel buddy!” and more, “Everything’s on the line! This is life or death, people!” If this happens on a good day of dating, imagine what it’s like during a breakup. Breakups are the time when you have to tell yourself to CHILL.

  • How An Introvert And Extrovert Found Workplace Happiness

    My new title was Master Black Belt (or, for those not familiar with Six Sigma, manager of project managers). Joan had risen up through the ranks of the company—from call center representative to analyst to project manager. A big part of a project manager’s job is leading meetings.

  • What Introverts Love About San Diego

    This article first appeared on QuietRev.com The Pacific Ocean is anything but pacified. The Pacific always wants something: sailors, surfers, lovers, children, my feet, the sun for dinner. The noise—some evenings—is deafening and defying conversation.

  • The Scientific Reasons Why Introverts And Extroverts Are Different

    My two friends—both extroverts—are on either side of me, swaying along with the crooning Indie singer and smiling. Just me, no noise, maybe a good book or the Internet to help me turn inward and recharge after this much socializing. The answer has to do with some key differences in the way introverts’ brains are wired.

  • The Introverted Parent's Guide To Surviving The Holidays

    Especially when you add in the other family members—namely your child's grandparents—who don't just want to see you at the holiday table, but who'd like quality time with your kids as well. Each year, my parents invite us over for long weekend visits larded with Christmas-themed activities and gift giving. Then, just when I think I've escaped, they ask to come to our house so they can see it in all of its decorated glory.

  • 3 Truths To Help Introverts Find Grown-Up Love

    While he knew deep down that he was a great guy, he didn’t see how his kindness and intelligence, for example, could translate into attracting women. As an introvert yourself, you do too—though admittedly, your rich internal life can be tricky to translate into the dating world.

  • How Gandhi's Introversion Made Him The Ultimate Liberator

    Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the movement for India’s independence from Great Britain and the man considered the father of the country by many Indians, was hardly a wallflower of the civil rights movement.

  • What My 7th Grade Self Got Right About Fear

    It was my second week of middle school, and I was terrified about my first science test. To cope, I told myself that I wouldn’t remember this day, this trial, this test, by the time I was thirty—an age that seemed impossibly far off—so why worry about it now?

  • Why I Can Never Order From Chipotle Again

    In the meantime, going to Chipotle has turned from a source of pride in my ordering abilities to a source of anxiety. Because my editor recommended I mess up an order at Chipotle so I could really dig into this piece and fully articulate my ordering anxiety.