4 practices to move towards a more sustainable HSP life
To build a more sustainable HSP life, you need a long-term vision and moment-by-moment awareness. What does it mean to live a sustainable sensitive life? Clearly, there can be no single blueprint for a highly sensitive person. After all, we represent a fifth or more... Read more
The danger of overriding your HSP “pause to check” habit
Are you intimately familiar with your HSP pause-to-check habit? Understanding it will help you approach new situations with both confidence and self-acceptance. Remember the rule we learned when we were old enough to start crossing the street by ourselves?... Read more
Do you need more spaciousness in your life?
The New Year is the perfect time to assess whether you need more spaciousness in your life…because spaciousness is a key element of a sustainable sensitive life. I have a New Year’s question for you: do you have enough spaciousness in your life? Do you have time… …to... Read more
3 questions to move towards the life you want
As the year comes to an end, you can take charge and move towards the life you want. Here’s a process to help you do just that. 2022 is almost over. When you think of the coming year, do you feel optimistic, or worried? Excited, or overwhelmed? Perhaps you experience... Read more
Why your HSP brain needs breaks
Your HSP brain needs breaks. Frequent ones. Here’s information to inspire you to create pauses for yourself throughout the day. A friend sent me a great article last week about the positive effect on the brain of taking frequent-enough breaks. As soon as I read it, I... Read more
How shaky boundaries turn your sweet self into a cranky ogre
Shaky boundaries are a serious issue for HSPs. You have to learn to value your needs and stick up for them, or your inner snow monster will do it for you. I spotted this spectacular snow monster in a neighborhood near ours. It looks like I feel when I don’t set good... Read more
The 4 key HSP life tasks
Dr. Elaine Aron recommends these four key HSP life tasks to heal old pain and create the foundation for a joyful, sustainable sensitive life. It’s getting colder here in upstate New York. The days are getting shorter. Soon, we’ll have to pay the piper for our... Read more
3 reasons to stop labeling yourself “too sensitive”
If you’ve been labeling yourself “too sensitive,” now is the time to give yourself a break. Until you do, others won’t. I’ve never met anyone who enjoys being called “too sensitive.” For a woman in our culture, the label suggests you are touchy, overemotional,... Read more
Why are HSPs so vulnerable to perfectionism?
I’ve always been vulnerable to perfectionism, like many highly sensitive people. How can we change this pattern of being hard on ourselves? When I think of perfectionism, I always think of Superman. The call comes in to save the world, and Clark Kent heads to the... Read moreGet your FREE guide to sensitive anxiety
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