Own Your Introversion—Workshop
Quick Summary
- WHAT: “Own Your Introversion”—half-day in-person workshop
- WHEN: Wednesday, May 14, 2025—9:00 a.m. to 12 noon
- WHERE: Frida Nilsen Lounge, Fjelstad Hall, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
- WHO IT’S FOR: Introverts who are sick and tired of the idea that their introversion is a problem—and want to work with it instead of fighting against it.
- LEADER: Peter Vogt, M.S., The Introvert Advocate.
- COST: $25 nonrefundable deposit to reserve your spot, then Pay What You Can after the workshop ends (whatever you decide on will be the perfect amount!).
- WHY: If you’re an introvert and you try to be an extrovert, you struggle. That’s not only unnecessary; it’s also hopelessly unfair. There’s a better way!
LIMIT: 40 spots.
What if being an
INTROVERT
didn’t feel like some
BIG PROBLEM?
(or any “problem” at all)
What if it wasn’t cause for concern?
What if it didn’t set off any alarms, in you or anyone else in your life?
What if you didn’t have to wonder and worry about it?
What if you could just own it?
…
YOU CAN!
Limit of 40 spots.
The Pain—and Futility—of Running Uphill, Into the Wind
Fellow introvert,
What would it be like for you to run uphill, into a 25-mile-per-hour headwind, carrying a 25-pound sack of rocks on your back?
It would suck, right?
It would be a lot of work.
It would be slow and hard and exhausting and frustrating.
You’d feel stuck and weighed down.
Trapped, practically.
And it wouldn’t be long before you asked yourself, “Why the hell am I doing this?!”
But at least it wouldn’t last … right?
Then again …
What if it never ended?
What if you just kept doing it, hour after hour, day after day, all because you felt like you had no choice—like there was no option not to?
Well, that would be something else again, wouldn’t it.
That would take one hell of a toll on you, especially over time.
Friend—this is what it’s like when you’re an introvert in our extrovert-worshiping society and you try to cram yourself into the extrovert mold.
The message you get—implicitly and explicitly, behind your back and right to your face, from other people in your life and from that voice in your own head—is that being an introvert is a problem.
That’s how it’s framed, from the time you’re a kid.
Introversion is a Thing—a bad Thing, with a capital T.
It’s an issue.
A concern.
A potential black mark on who you are.
And so, quite naturally and understandably, you wonder and worry about it.
Endlessly.
And you try to handle it by doing the only thing you figure you can do …
You run uphill into a 25-mile-per hour headwind every damn day, carrying a 25-pound sack of rocks on your back!
You try to be the extrovert you’re not.
This is totally understandable, mind you. We really do live in an extroverted society, and the pressure to be an extrovert is relentless.
But I don’t have to tell you …
This strategy not only doesn’t work.
It hurts you—physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually.
And it’s also hopelessly unfair and unjust.
Now imagine this …
What would it be like for you to run downhill, with a 25-mile-per-hour tailwind at your back, carrying not a 25-pound sack of useless rocks but instead a handy backpack filled with healthy food, refreshing drinks, and a few perfectly chosen tools to help sustain you for the long haul?
Well, let’s be clear: It would still be work! It’s not like everything would magically become totally effortless.
But man … this would be so, so much better, wouldn’t it?
Not slow and hard and exhausting and frustrating.
Not making you feel stuck and weighed down.
Not making you feel trapped.
Not making you question your own sanity.
Instead …
So much easier.
So much more appealing.
So much more sustainable.
So much more effective.
And fair for a change! No more of the injustice of trying to be someone you’re not.
This is what it’s like when you’re an introvert in our extrovert-worshiping society and you decide you’re going to be an introvert anyway.
When you decide you’re no longer going to see your introversion as a problem, and you’re no longer going to let the other people in your life sell it that way either.
Because your introversion isn’t a problem, fellow introvert.
It’s just a normal, natural part of who you are—the same way extroversion is a normal, natural part of who the extrovert is.
And you don’t have to fight it … or fix it … or hide it … or cure it … or overcome it … or solve it.
You just need to own it, and then run with it.
And I invite you to spend three illuminating hours with me and a bunch of other introverts learning how you can do just that—in my live, in-person workshop “Own Your Introversion.”
Own Your Introversion—by Taking a Deep Dive Into It
Gather with me and some fellow introvert travelers for one of the introvert-friendliest workshops you’ll ever attend—in one of the introvert-friendliest settings!
Here’s what we’ll cover during our time together:
- The all-important WHY—why this topic matters and why you should care about it. (Clue: It goes beyond you alone.)
- What introversion is, what it most definitely is not, and why it’s critical to understand.
- The 4 Pillars of Introvert Well-Being—the life management model for introverts that I’ve developed and used over the last 20+ years. Think of it as a sort of cheat sheet that helps you get what you need as an introvert each day.
- The Introvert Shame Phenomenon—the all-too common feeling among introverts that “something’s wrong with me,” and how to combat it.
- The 4 Pillars (Solitude, Reflection, Focus, and Depth) applied in your everyday life—the nuts and bolts of what you need as an introvert and how to actually get it.
- Problem-solving, Q&A, and wrap-up.
The Introvert-Friendliest Workshop in the Introvert-Friendliest Setting
Let me tell you right up front, introvert to introvert—knowing full well, personally, how tempting it is to not want to attend some workshop with a bunch of people you don’t know, in a place you’re not familiar with, under risk of being forced to, I don’t know, do the Bunny Hop with them as an icebreaker to start the day (yes, this really happened to me once):
This will be the introvert-friendliest workshop you ever attend, in one of the introvert-friendliest settings you’ll ever lay eyes on.
Let me break that down.
First the workshop itself …
No icebreakers, for starters. Just quiet normal human greetings as we begin our time together.
As for the workshop itself, here’s the cardinal rule:
You’ll be able to participate how and as you wish, throughout the entire day.
No surprises.
No being forced or cajoled or “invited” to do anything you don’t want to do.
No being singled out.
If you’ve ever dreamt of going to a workshop and being able to just sit there and learn, in peace, while you sip a cup of coffee … well, this is the workshop for you.
Now, about the setting …
I myself am head over heels in love with the setting.
Here’s a picture:
We’ll be gathering in the beautiful Frida Nilsen Lounge, which is nestled into a quiet, tree-lined corner of Concordia College (in Fjelstad Hall) here in my city of Moorhead, Minnesota—with easy (and free!) parking right outside the door.
Think:
- Tons of natural light pouring in through the windows.
- A TV/presentation screen with a fireplace underneath it!
- Comfortable seating at several round tables, with even more comfortable couches in one corner and a few others just outside the room.
Add in the coffee and light refreshments that will be provided and you have the introvert’s dream workshop setting.
When I saw this place, it was love at first site. (Get it?)
Seriously, though—it’s perfect for a bunch of introverts and an introverted presenter to dig into introversion together.
Pay What You Can (PWYC)—a Unique Fee Structure to Make the Workshop More Accessible and Reduce Your Risk
I’m especially proud, and excited, to offer this workshop on a Pay What You Can (PWYC) basis.
What does that mean?
You pay a $25 nonrefundable fee up front to reserve your spot for the workshop, then Pay What You Can for the workshop itself immediately after it ends.
In other words, with the exception of the $25 reserve-your-spot fee, you don’t pay anything until you’ve experienced the workshop for yourself. And even then, you decide how much to pay.
Why am I offering the workshop this way?
Two reasons.
For starters, I don’t want money to be a barrier to people attending. I want the workshop to be accessible to anyone and everyone who’s interested, anybody who wants to put a stop to pain and frustration that have likely been going on in their life for years if not decades.
As importantly, though, I also want to reduce the risk for you and everyone else who decides to attend.
Have you ever done that “trust fall” exercise, where you have to fall backwards into somebody’s arms and trust that they will catch you?
Well, normally when someone’s inviting you to a workshop—especially one you pay for—they’re asking you to do all the trusting. And all the trust falling!
By offering this workshop on a Pay What You Can basis, I’m sharing the trusting—and the trust falling—with you.
Now, you might be wondering:
What does Pay What You Can mean, exactly?
Simple: Immediately after the workshop ends, you’ll decide what to pay for it based on a combination of its value to you (according to you) and what you can afford (also according to you).
My three promises:
- No, there’s no catch!
- No, I won’t be trying to sell you a timeshare in the Bahamas, or anything else, at the end.
- Whatever you decide to pay will be the perfect amount. Truly.
All of this being said …
If the whole Pay What You Can thing is just a little too weird for you, a little too woo-woo, you can instead just pay the $95 market value of the workshop up front and call it good.
But I really do invite and encourage you to take advantage of the Pay What You Can option.
One Last Thing—You’ll Get a Few Nice Little Bonuses, Too
If you decide to come to the “Own Your Introversion” workshop, you’ll get a few nice little bonuses at the end of the day:
- A free copy of my print book The Introvert Manifesto: Introverts Illuminated, Extraverts Enlightened (normally sells for $20)
- A free copy of my ebook The Introvert Shame Phenomenon (normally sells for $10)
- Coupons from a couple of lovely introvert hangouts in Moorhead: independent bookstore More Than Words Bookshop + More and independent coffee shop Twenty Below
Does it really get any better than books and bookstores, coffee and coffee shops?
Sign Up Now for Own Your Introversion—and Invite an Introverted Friend or Three to Do the Same
You know what the workshop is about.
You know why it’s important.
You know what you’ll get from it.
You know it’s affordable and low-risk.
And you know it will be (did I mention this?!) introvert-friendly.
I hope all of this sets the stage for you wanting to come.
And signing up.
If it feels like a fit for you, here’s how you can sign up:
Limit of 40 spots.
Questions? Concerns? I’m Happy to Address Them
Please get in touch with me if you have any questions or concerns about this workshop. You can email me at peter@introvertinsights.com or call/text me at (218) 443-1013.
Hope to see you on May 14!
Peter Vogt, M.S.
The Introvert Advocate
