After a beautiful weekend away with friends, Joanna reminds herself of the essential practices that keep our batteries from being depleted and our boundaries from being violated. From making space to recharge to recognizing that looking after our needs is neither shameful nor guilt-inducing, tune in for Joanna's useful tips to topping up your mental and social battery.

And as the holiday season approaches, remember - you have the right to your own good mental health.

KEY POINTS:

• Cater to your introversion - let your needs be known
• Think ahead and find a comrade in arms
• How to employ intention setting
• The benefit of being discerning
• How do you pre-charge? And post-charge?

PRODUCTS / RESOURCES:

What Type of Introvert are you? Find out by taking this quiz: yourintroverttype.co.uk/

Visit Joanna's website here: flourishingintroverts.com/

Join the Flourishing Introverts Facebook community of like-minded introverts here: web.facebook.com/groups/Introvertscorner/?_rdc=1&_rdr

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