The Introverted Misfit Podcast: Connection & Communication with an Awkward, Introverted Twist
Oct 12, 2026 · 15 min · 5 segments
This is a replay of my live monthly workshop series: Social Savvy Academy. To join on future workshops, register here: https://theintrovertedmisfit.com/academy Is small talk really the evil monster we…
[chuckles] But I was thinking, you know, my brand, the services that I offer, the community meetups that I host, it's all kind of centered on one foundation and that is getting more comfortable with the stepping stones towards building relationships.
Improving your social skills, your conversational skills, your confidence, overcoming shyness and social anxiety if that's something that you suffer with or struggle with.
Overcoming those obstacles is the crucial first step towards building relationships that last and that fulfill you.
And when you don't have the basics down, you can't really build the relationships that you want.
You can't build the type of relationships that are healthy, that are fulfilling to you, that leave you feeling full and cared about rather than, you know, drained and unsafe.
I talk a lot about how sometimes, sometimes when you have struggled to make friends and build a social life for yourself for your whole life or for a long time, you start to accept the wrong kind of attention in your friendships, in your dating life.
But because you struggle so much to create your own preferred social circle, you just kind of accept them and it ends up not being good for you in the long run.
One outcome, unfortunate outcome of not being able to cr- to create the social life that you want.
Um- It kind of reminds me of if I were to go out tomorrow, if I had this goal to climb Mount Everest for whatever reason, because I do, I have absolutely never wanted to do that or wanted to attempt to do that.
But I've never even taken a rock climbing lesson or even done any physical exercise, physical training to build up my body and prepare myself mentally and physically.
No, no, none of the skills, the mental mindset that you need to actually do that.
And but because you don't have those those essential skills that you would need to actually attain that goal.
And that's kind of how I view that's the experience of many of the coaching clients, the community members that come to me, the podcast listeners like maybe yourself.
[chuckles] But I was thinking, you know, my brand, the services that I offer, the community meetups that I host, it's all kind of centered on one foundation and that is getting more comfortable with the stepping stones towards building relationships.
Improving your social skills, your conversational skills, your confidence, overcoming shyness and social anxiety if that's something that you suffer with or struggle with.
Overcoming those obstacles is the crucial first step towards building relationships that last and that fulfill you.
And when you don't have the basics down, you can't really build the relationships that you want.
You can't build the type of relationships that are healthy, that are fulfilling to you, that leave you feeling full and cared about rather than, you know, drained and unsafe.
I talk a lot about how sometimes, sometimes when you have struggled to make friends and build a social life for yourself for your whole life or for a long time, you start to accept the wrong kind of attention in your friendships, in your dating life.
But because you struggle so much to create your own preferred social circle, you just kind of accept them and it ends up not being good for you in the long run.
One outcome, unfortunate outcome of not being able to cr- to create the social life that you want.
Um- It kind of reminds me of if I were to go out tomorrow, if I had this goal to climb Mount Everest for whatever reason, because I do, I have absolutely never wanted to do that or wanted to attempt to do that.
But I've never even taken a rock climbing lesson or even done any physical exercise, physical training to build up my body and prepare myself mentally and physically.
No, no, none of the skills, the mental mindset that you need to actually do that.
And but because you don't have those those essential skills that you would need to actually attain that goal.
And that's kind of how I view that's the experience of many of the coaching clients, the community members that come to me, the podcast listeners like maybe yourself.
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