The Gifts of Vulnerability
Like many highly sensitive people, I am creative. I like to draw and sketch, and I like to make things with my hands. I’m an artist. But until recently I would have never called myself that. “Who do you think…
Why Highly Sensitives Can Feel Okay About Being Misunderstood
A few moments pass as I watch and wait as my friend looks at the picture. We’re sitting side by side and I’ve just handed them a picture I created. They’re staring at it in their hands, giving it their…
A Foreign Concept on Projection
“What do you eat?” my friend asks me in broken English, as I try to decipher his words through his strong Spanish accent. We’re walking on the boardwalk hugging the coastline somewhere in Chile. The sun is just beginning to…
House of Mirrors
projection is a strange thing the house of mirrors that allows us to ‘see’ ourselves from different angles and perspectives while trying to remember which version is the ‘real’ one? as tribal animals, we need projection we need to reflect…
Projection and the Voice of Our Beliefs
“You are such a drama queen,” my wife comments with a laugh as I hobble across the kitchen with a pained look on my face, my gait being the stiff legged aftermath of a particularly tough 7 mile hill run…
Boundaries in the 21st Century
We’ve all heard: ‘My freedom ends where yours begins’ ‘Good fences make for good neighbors’ Advice that sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? On paper, sometimes, yes More accurately, these are increasingly tenets of a bygone era The 21st century is…
Energy Accounting and Our Relationships
f&ck yes, or no thank you – the litmus test for ALL relationships clutter, not a word necessarily associated with the people in our lives but maybe it should be clutter (for me) is anything that takes up more space…
How HSP World Can Support Community Leaders
Online forums have helped many HSPs find their communities. Even more promising, I see a unique and invaluable resource here in the support that HSP World can offer to the leaders of those groups. A group for Highly Sensitive People:…
Reframing Boundaries the HSP Way
It is so often said that Highly Sensitive People struggle to maintain boundaries. But why? I remember Rose’s words as we made our way through the streets of Seville. An outgoing HSP, Rose’s sense of adventure and uncanny ability to…
The Empathic Nature of Our Boundaries
“I think I give too much,” Val comments to me as we start an early morning long run up the Albany rail trail as part of our marathon training. “I put a lot more energy into my relationships than I…
A Place for Highly Sensitives
