Transformational Alchemy for the Highly Sensitive Person
Feb 28Nobody perfects the art of emotional numbing like the Highly Sensitive Person without a resilience strategy. The reason of course is that the HSP feels more deeply than average, with a nervous system more sensitive than 80% of the population's. Keep Reading
Dec 07In the past, I've touched on my relationship with HSP resilience. I was born with a special connection with it, which I believe gave me the tools I needed growing up in a house challenged by my parents' struggles with addiction and mental illness. In Keep Reading
Jul 06The art of surrender. Awhile ago my husband and I took an incredible all-day river rafting trip through the Rio Grande Gorge in Taos, New Mexico. It was so incredible, I'll never forget it. Six hours of beautiful seclusion within the towering arms Keep Reading
Dec 04Shame vs. Healthy Guilt Dr. Brene' Brown, the world's guru on shame, writes that shame and empathy are on the same scale. On one end we have shame, the feeling that when we mess up we are a horrible, awful, unlovable person who can't do anything Keep Reading
Nov 26The tragedy of Self-suppresion. Highly Sensitive People are conditioned to keep things clean--who wants to own the messes of life--that we learn to hand out our personal power to the lowest bidder. We avoid asking the difficult questions, speaking Keep Reading
Nov 18"Curious people knowingly invest in activities that cause them discomfort as a springboard to higher psychological peaks." ~ Kashdan & Biswas-Diener (August 2013 issue of Psychology Today). The research shows that following curiosity at the risk Keep Reading
Nov 04A word about productivity. A few months ago I was sitting at my computer and *pop*, suddenly I was staring at a big black circle in my field of vision accompanied by trippy flashes of neon lights and a fun-house case of vertigo I couldn’t shake. What Keep Reading
May 13Stuck in a Control Loop. Recently I found myself stuck in struggling with world events I have no ability to change or influence. I felt my anxiety escalating, and right when I put my hand to my heart to calm my nervous system, a book title popped Keep Reading
Apr 11In the science of human behavior, reward systems are often explored. There have been countless studies done on the effects of extrinsic (external) vs. intrinsic (internal) motivation. It's widely understood that intrinsic motivation, (doing something Keep Reading
Apr 08Seeing things differently. Positive Psychology sees things a little bit differently. Its foundation lies in the study of finding those aspects of self which, when fostered, lead to increased feelings of well being and inner peace. For example, Keep Reading