Through a series of coincidences she discovered the secret that all ex-wallflower movie stars know about, and that enabled her too to break out of her shell. The secret was drama.

As a result, she was able to say goodbye to her wallflower existence in a relatively short  amount of time, and acquire some of the skills that the most successful people naturally have.

SEE Chapter 4 for more details.

When people meet her these days, they find it hard to believe she was once a shy introvert. In fact the first thing they say to her is “You’re never an introvert” – because she appears to be more outgoing than most, very comfortable on stage and in front of an audience, and somewhat of a free spirit.

And then they wonder how on earth she managed to effect such a thorough transformation, since being an introvert is something that you’re supposed to be stuck with. There’s no cure for being an introvert!

As a result she have achieved things that would simply been impossible if I hadn’t come out of  her introverted hidey-hole.

Much later on in her life, when she trained as a dramatherapist, she realised that it was her mission to help people who like her, were shy, quiet or introverted overcome their disadvantages

The Sunflower Effect

Over a number of years, she developed the Sunflower Effect based in dramatherapy, combining a wide range off psychological and transformational approaches.

Much to her surprise she discovered that her courses was extremely  fast and effective at enabling her participants to free themselves of inhibitions outstripping the traditional methods of building confidence.  In time too, they also were able to develop an effortless self-confidence and break through their barriers to expressing themselves powerfully in the world.

She will be describing this process in this book.

She is  still an introvert, and very happy that she is – and says she wouldn’t want to stop being one, because along with Susan Cain, she is discovered there are many perks about being introverted that has enabled her to fulfil herself in life.