Why deep listening is spiritual catnip for HSPs
Sensitive people are gifted at deep listening, and we naturally offer this gift to others. But we also need to make sure we receive lots of deep listening ourselves. I haven’t met a cat who could resist catnip. And I haven’t met a highly sensitive person who could... Read more
The Beatles needed a producer. We need Loving Adult Presence.
We need to cultivate Loving Adult Presence. Otherwise our parts will try to run the show, and that never goes well. I grew up with The Beatles. My whole family would go into the living room after dinner and dance to Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and I... Read more
HSP environmental susceptibility: what it is and how to use it to your advantage
Your mind, and your ability to manage it, is the key to managing your HSP environmental susceptibility and making it a positive force in your life. My friend Kaitlyn in Vancouver took this stunning photo and generously allowed me to share it with you. Looking at it, I... Read more
New study: the powerful benefits of a Focusing attitude
If you are highly sensitive, you can benefit profoundly from maintaining a Focusing attitude throughout the day. In honor of this new year, I’d like to share with you some good news from the Focusing world. As a long-time Focuser, I’m well-aware of the many ways... Read more
Why connection to your spiritual intuition is the best gift you can give yourself
As an HSP, do you struggle to find a connection to your spiritual intuition? Many of us do. Yet it is our most important resource. Cleaning up after dinner, I rescued this miniature “chard tree” just before it disappeared down the drain. I love its color and shape.... Read more
What do you do when you wake up in the night?
It’s easy to get anxious when you wake up in the night. Do everything you can to ensure a good night’s sleep, but have strategies ready for those times you end up awake. For a highly sensitive person, sleep is like air. We need lots of it, and we can’t go long... Read more
“Am I crossing the line between healthy downtime and self-isolation?”
How do you tell the difference between healthy downtime and self-isolation? For a highly sensitive person, this is an important question. A highly sensitive (HSP) friend recently asked me, “How can I tell if I’m alone because I really need downtime, or because I’m... Read more
Sensitivity to subtlety: a tenderly subversive HSP gift
While some aspects of our HSP sensory sensitivity can be annoying, inconvenient, or downright unpleasant, our sensitivity to subtlety is a gift—a key element of our unusual capacity for empathy and imagination. On weekday evenings I always keep an eye out for the... Read more
Are you neurotic to grieve losses in advance?
If you grieve losses in advance, you are not alone—or neurotic. Rather, you are experiencing an aspect of your highly sensitive trait. I feel the poignant sadness that arises at this time each year as the weather gets cooler and my dahlias wither away. I’ve... Read moreGet your FREE guide to sensitive anxiety
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