Highly Sensitive People are wired for burnout.We’re overachieving, perfectionistic, passionate people who care deeply and often push past our energy limits. But the simple act of increasing awareness around our destructive Keep Reading
Finding Purpose in Pain
The Highly Sensitive Person is no stranger to pain. Thanks to a super sensitive nervous system, we are hyper-attuned to changes in our physical body, our emotional state, and our spiritual well being. If you are a Highly Sensitive Person you have a Keep Reading
Variations on “You’re too sensitive”.
Please don't ever allow another person to push you beyond your energy capacity. As a Highly Sensitive Person, you have an acutely attuned nervous system that is literally designed to alert you to your limits. If you're consistently forcing Keep Reading
How HSPs thrive in their work
I'd love to share something I recently came across in a GREAT book that I highly recommend. It's called, "Barking Up The Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong," written by Eric Barker. Keep Reading
Simplifying Wellness: A Highly Sensitive Guide to Mind/Body/Spirit
On this meandering river of life, I recently hit some Class IV rapids. Two months ago I had emergency surgery to remove my gallbladder, and ten days after that I was blasted with an acute episode of Bell's palsy so severe it obliterated my ability to Keep Reading
Your Body’s Language for Yes/No: Gut Feelings
The doorway to instinct and intuition enters through one channel--our body's signal for Yes and No, often described as our Gut Feelings. This signal tells us when we're on the right path, when we're successfully reading the clues for what comes next, Keep Reading
When you hate small talk.
It's true, my friend. Small talk can feel painful to an HSP. One thing every Highly Sensitive Person has in common is that across the board we hate small talk. In fact, if you want to see the world's most awkward display, just try to engage me in Keep Reading
Could Estivation be affecting you?
When everyone is so dang summery...and you're feeling a little potato-y. I'm not sure how it's feeling where you are, but New Mexico is pretty darn hot at the moment. I've taken to closing up my bedroom French doors, shutting the room darkening Keep Reading
Intentional Empowerment: 30 Thoughts & Questions for HSP’s
One of the biggest myths about psychological well being is that it's somehow fixed, existing as a steady state for a privileged few. The truth is, empowerment is intentional. Those who have learned to cultivate it have worked hard to develop the Keep Reading
5 facts about HSPs and Imposter Syndrome
Imposter Syndrome, Part 2. By now, you know from my last blog entry that my relationship with Imposter Syndrome has been long and twisty, as it is with a disproportionately large number of Highly Sensitive People. (An author for Forbes magazine calls Keep Reading