Whole Living as a Highly Sensitive Person
On my forearm arm rests a recently hand-poked tattoo. A mishmash of circles that could appear disjointed when in fact they are based on a very specific and universal formula: the Fibonacci sequence. The Fibonacci sequence is one of the most famous formulas in…
Health, Body, Balanced Living and Coping as a Highly Sensitive Person
As an HSP it’s very hard sometimes to find a way to have balanced living, with your body, health, and even psyche. Now, my solution is not really a solution I think it is a way going about things. It’s…
Framing the Right Picture: Recognizing & Refocusing the HSP Self
I am playing poker with my eleven-year-old son. It’s a snow day, and since I work at a local community college, we’re both home from school. There is play money spread out on my grandmother’s table, plastic coins that clink…
Why Reframing is an Important Tool for Highly Sensitives
In this blog post we’re going to dive into the amazing tool available to HSPs, called “Reframing”. We’ll cover; what it is, why it’s beneficial to use this tool, and how to use the tool of Reframing. At the moment…
The Friction Point in Productivity
If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. – Gospel of Thomas This quote…
The Dance Between Our Vocation and Our Art
Regardless of the endeavor, as Highly Sensitive people it isn’t what we do but how we do it which leaves our Art on the world around us. We are about two miles into an early morning long run when Maddie…
How Our HSP Trait Affects Our Close Relationships
I feel as though our trait of high sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) affects our close relationships as much as we are affected in general. Being able to be empathetic lets you understand how people feel. Heck, even how we (ourselves)…
Sensitivity in the Workplace: Being Kind to Yourself in Unkind Places
My first encounter with the work of Elaine Aron came in 1998 when I read her first HSP book, some 7 years since completing my PhD. Indeed the book totally resonated with me, leaving me wondering why I had chosen…
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 Place for Highly Sensitives
