Terri Connellan and Quiet Writing as featured in….
As a writer, I am keen to get my unique voice out there in various ways. One of the ways I do this is via guest blogging and writing feature articles. This page collates my writing on other platforms in one place. I write about:
- personality and psychological type
- introversion especially introversion and recruitment – how to present yourself in the best way as an introvert and how to be inclusive of introverts in human resources practices
- neuroscience, neurodiversity and valuing individual difference especially in the workplace
- book reviews, inspiring reads and recommended books such as for emerging coaches
- leadership, self-leadership and solitude and the importance of leading yourself first
- psychology of personality type and preferred cognitive functions such as introverted and extraverted intuition
My pieces are informed by personal experience, books, inspirational teachers and writers, formal study and accreditation including in language, life coaching and psychological type, and my extensive experience as a life coach and leader and teacher in the adult vocational education field.
Here’s a round-up and I hope you enjoy reading further.
Guest post on INTJs and COVID-19
I wrote a post on INTJs and how I have responded to and negotiated the COVID-19 pandemic for my friend, fellow INTJ and Social Media Strategist and Content Creator, Bree Rackley, over on her blog:
Self-Isolation Is A Challenge For All Of Us. Yes, Even Introverts.
Writing this post helped me make sense of how I responded in these uncertain times. It may help you also. Published May 2020.
Guest post on INTJs and Loss
I wrote a post on INTJs and loss for my friend, fellow INTJ and Social Media Strategist and Content Creator, Bree Rackley, over on her blog:
How In The World Does The INTJ Personality Type Manage Loss? What You Need To Know
I traverse personal, professional and recreational dimensions of loss in this piece which includes personal reflections on how I have negotiated and managed loss in my life. Published November 2019.
Guest post on Stepping Up Through Fear
I had the pleasure of writing a guest post on Stepping Up Through Fear for Career Coach, Claire Curyer over at White Blank Pages. I discuss ways to recognise fear, acknowledge it and step up.
How often do you let fear take over? How often do you shy away from an uncomfortable or challenging situation when it is what you really want?
Head over to Claire’s beautiful website to read further on Stepping Up through Fear. Published July 2019.
Featured essay in ‘I Wrote It Anyway’ Anthology
I was thrilled to have my essay included in ‘I Wrote it Anyway: An Anthology of Essays’ edited by Caroline Donahue and Dal Kular. The collection captures writing efforts and achievements in the face of fear, resistance and circumstance to stimulate and inspire creative effort and writing. The authors reflect on all different ways of ‘writing it anyway’ and how they break through and persist to get creative work done.
All proceeds from the book go to two charities that support and inspire writing efforts, 826la in the US and Arts Emergency in the UK.
My essay: ‘Learning the value of writing as self-care’ about writing 442,000 words in the most challenging of years is one of 30 essays. I’m there along with a number of members of the Quiet Writing community.
So grab yourself a copy for inspiration and to support the writing of others. And huge thanks to Caroline and Dal for creating and crafting this important anthology and helping us write it anyway! Published December 2018.
Captain of Your Own Life Anthology
What happens when a group of heart-working ladies are asked to submit a piece on being captain of your own life? A fabulous collection of essays and thoughts on self-leadership, wholeheartedness, and paths to wholeness through personal strategies like art, yoga, tarot and writing.
My piece on ‘Anchors of self-leadership in seas of change‘ is there along with fellow Quiet Writing contributors Elizabeth Milligan and Lynn Hanford-Day. Click on the image to download and read – it’s free! A huge thanks to all fellow contributors and heartfelt gratitude to Angelique Desiree who conceived the idea, pulled us all together and created this beautiful ebook every step of the way. Connected by our engagement in Susannah Conway’s The Inside Story on running a heart-centred business, we are all creative entrepreneurs. It’s a stunning collection! Enjoy some fantastic reading on wholehearted self-leadership and being captain of your own life! Just click on the image below to read and/or download.
WorkSearch
I have written for WorkSearch, an online job search and talent acquisition company that focuses on unique ways of connecting job posters (employers) and job seekers. WorkSearch has a special interest in inclusive and innovative approaches and my writing for that audience is informed by my personality type practitioner, leadership and human resources knowledge and experience. WorkSearch also shares excellent human resources content across their social media platforms especially Twitter, via Bree Rackley, their inspirational content manager, so is a great company to follow.
Here’s a snapshot of recent guest posts I have written for WorkSearch:
This is how to be more aware of the superior value of neurodiversity in the workplace
Insights from neuroscience and neurodiversity show us there are many ways to approach tasks, teamwork, workplace projects, and talent acquisition solutions. This post scopes strategies for being inclusive of diversity in personality type, cognitive preferences, and brain make-up based on recent insights from neuroscience and neurodiversity. I also share my learning from neuroscience workshops with Dr Dario Nardi – pictured with me below, including the experience of brain-imaging via EEG. Published 25 March 2018.
This is what happens when recruiters make inclusion mistakes (and how to avoid it)
One of the challenges of being an introvert is that practices of professional recruiters can feel oriented to more extraverted ways. This post provides strategies for being inclusive of both introverts and extraverts during the employee hiring process for the best outcomes for both the organization and applicant. Published 10 December 2017.
How to make the most of the right recruitment opportunities as an introvert
Going through the recruitment process as an introvert can be challenging. I know because I’ve been there and learnt from it! This post covers some practical strategies to make the most of opportunities for jobs or promotions as an introvert so you can shine. Published 25 October 2017
How to become the heart of successful leadership: this is what you need to know
Inspired by the book Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude, by Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin, this post explores the strong and positive link between leadership and solitude. This post focuses on solitude as an essential practice for effective, high-level leadership and shows how to lead effectively, you must first lead yourself. Published 8 August 2017.
inspired COACH Magazine
Starting over as a life coach at age 55
My journey and transition to becoming a life coach at age 55making a plan and valuing your body of work over time as a bridge to a new life. Published in Issue 54 of inspired COACH Magazine.
Books for emerging coaches to inspire your life, work and business
Books are a major life passion of mine and a support for learning and self-leadership in my practice as a coach. This featured article is a summary of 12 inspiring, must-read books for emerging coaches published in Issue 51 of inspired COACH Magazine, February 2018.
inspired COACH is a free subscription magazine available at http://bit.ly/inspiredcoachmag
Life Reaction
Life Reaction is a website and community that focuses on discovering yourself through others, personal growth, personality, inspiration and mental health. My writing there has focused on some of the eight Jungian functions and how our dominant functions can play out. I’ve had a special focus on intuition and Introverted and Extraverted Intuiting.
Introverted Intuition: Learning from its Mystery
Introverted Intuition is my dominant function as an INTJ personality type. I’ve been learning more about it through my personal journey and as a practitioner in personality type. I share my insights to guide your own journey whatever your personality type. Published June 2017
Extraverted Intuition: Imagining the Possibilities
As an INTJ with Introverted Intuiting as a dominant function, I’ve been interested to find out more about what it’s like for those who rely more on Extraverted Intuition (abbreviated as Ne) as a dominant way of operating. I share my learning and insights on intuition as an extraverted perceiving process to guide your own journey whatever your personality type. Published October 2017
The Introvert Effect Magazine
My piece, Shining a Quiet Light: Working the gifts of introversion was originally published in The Introvert Effect Magazine Issue 1 Feb 2017 and was reproduced on the Quiet Writing blog with permission of The Introvert Effect editor, Katherine MacKenzie-Smith.
It is a signature piece for me as I reflect on learning to embrace my introversion positively in life and work roles. It explains why Quiet Writing is the heart of my work in the world and also why understanding personality and sharing this knowledge is a driving force for me.
Tips for Living Unapologetically
25 tips to living unapologetically
Sabrina Davis of Skyhigh and Believe collates 25 amazing women’s tips of what living unapologetically means in her post 25 tips to living unapologetically. My contribution is a poem about being ‘Unapologetically Quiet’, published March 2018.
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