Vanessa Van EdwardsScience of People, Science Of People · Behavioral Researcher, Founder, Author, Harvard Instructor

How Your Social Energy Really Works I @JenniferHudsonShow

21 Jun 2026 · 0 min

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Vanessa Van Edwards breaks down three social energy types: extroverts who gain energy from people, introverts who recharge alone, and ambiverts who shift between both depending on what they need. A guest recognizes themselves in the ambivert description and finds relief in finally understanding their own social patterns.

There's an extrovert, they get energy from people. There's an introvert, they get energy from being alone. Then there's an ambivert, they can swing up into extroversion when they need to, but they flip into introversion when they're like, I need a social break. Okay, maybe that's me then.
Okay. Me too, me too. Thank you for that, that helps me understand myself better. I thought you were an ambivert. I needed this.