Being an introvert and being shy often get lumped together — and in truth, they do share some similarities — but experts explain they are more different than most people realize. Here’s how to tell ...

Shyness, introversion and social anxiety are terms that have long been confused. While social anxiety is a clinical diagnosis, introversion and/or shyness can actually be an aspect of one’s ...

This is a great time to be an introvert. Off the top of my head, I know of four books* published in the past year that extoll the many strengths of introverts, most notably, Susan Cain’s New York ...

If you Google “famous introverts,” you’ll get an interesting list of luminaries: Albert Einstein, Rosa Parks, Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, Eleanor Roosevelt, Al Gore, Marissa Mayer, Abraham Lincoln, ...

When I wrote A Quiet Rant on Shyness and Introversion, I was a little nervous to publish it. I knew there would be reactions, and I’m not one who likes to generate controversy. My intent was to call ...

When I was in elementary school, I stumbled across a pamphlet about the multiple types of intelligence. There was musical intelligence, logical intelligence, linguistic intelligence, kinesthetic ...

Researchers have found what many personal testimonies will confirm: Most shy children, even the most painfully shy of them, are not shy adults. The progression from introversion to extroversion does ...

No matter the phrase, implying that shyness is a bad thing can be harmful for a quiet kid to hear. Illustration: HuffPost; Photos: Getty Uncomfortable situations are scary for everyone, but they’re ...

I felt my four-year-old grab my pants, her little arms circled tightly around my leg. She stared at the ground as I again asked her to “say hi to mommy’s friend.” My stomach clenched and I felt that ...