Are you creative, sensitive—
and anxious?
Take heart: you aren’t alone. I work with sensitive, creative people who’ve tried to get relief from anxiety, only to watch in despair as it returned.
If you’ve experienced this painful cycle, you’ll know the pull to do something, anything, to escape the pain. And it’s hard not to numb out by resorting to your favorite addictions when you feel:
Raw inside from harsh self-criticism, self-doubt, anxiety, and shame
Overwhelmed, feeling as if life is coming at you too fast
Exhausted, vulnerable to worried thoughts, and paralyzed by decisions— especially when your choices might upset someone else
Hi, I’m Emily Agnew.
I’m a Focusing and Inner Bonding teacher, mentor, professional musician, writer…and a highly sensitive person.
For years, I woke up every morning feeling crushing anxiety. How is it possible that I now wake up energized and eager to start the day, instead of exhausted and overwhelmed? What gave me the quiet self-confidence I now feel, when I used to savagely criticize myself and collapse in the face of others’ judgment? And how can my experience help you find the relief you seek? I address these questions and much more in my twice-monthly Sustainably Sensitive newsletter and in my free e-book, Why am I so sensitive? (Is something wrong with me?)
Get your FREE guide
to sensitive anxiety
(plus bi-weekly Sustainably Sensitive newsletter)
The latest from Sustainably Sensitive
Use the HSP label—then let it go
To find peace as an HSP, it helps to use the HSP label—then let it go. As we start a new year—and I send you my most heartfelt wishes for a wonderful one—I’ve been thinking about the whole idea of being highly sensitive. To be clear, high sensitivity is a genetic...
A powerful resource to recover from grief
What do you need to truly recover from grief? The Grief Recovery Handbook answers that question in a thorough, powerful, practical way. As we’ve decorated our Christmas tree, baked, and shopped for gifts, I’ve thought a lot about my parents. They were devout...
“How do you know when to put down a beloved elderly pet?”
Deciding when to put down a beloved elderly pet is a heartbreaking task. As HSPs, though, we bring unique strengths to the decision. Thanks to all of you who sent along requests for articles. I look forward to writing about each of those topics in the coming weeks....
Emily’s best posts
I need help...
The Sustainably Sensitive approach
Think of the individual tiles used to create a mosaic: when you stand too close, all you see is bits of colored glass.
But as you step back and sense the mosaic as a whole, a stunning work of art emerges. When you are anxious, your inner world can feel like a chaotic jumble. But I can teach you how to hold all the intensity and complexity you are feeling in a more spacious way that allows you to shift from anxiety and overwhelm to the clarity of inner knowing. And along the way, you will naturally and effortlessly reconnect to the “YES!” of your best creative energy.