A Highly Sensitive Person on What Strength Means
It feels like a splintered wooden skewer is winding its way up, slowly and methodically piercing through my intestines as it insinuates its way toward my throat. I’d been gazing…
Highly Sensitive People and the Question of Family
It’s no secret the concept of “family” continues to evolve. Childless couples are adopting children (which isn’t new), gay couples are adopting children, single people are having a child and…
Vantage Sensitivity: A Compass for Highly Sensitive People
I found out I had the HSP Trait about three years ago now and learning I had it was like finding a long lost treasure. Like finding the last puzzle…
Gratitude As A Magical Elixir for the Highly Sensitive Person
Noisy people. Noisy places. Clutter. Messy minds. My messy mind. In a mostly extroverted, non-HSP world these are the things I try to mitigate on a moment-to-moment basis and it…
Highly Sensitives, a Mental Health Diagnosis, Curiosity and Wholistic Healing
Is it PTSD? Or Anxiety? Or Depression? Or could the depression and anxiety be a by-product of the PTSD? These are the questions I’ve been asking myself as I’m learning…
Highly Sensitive People, Is the Word “Sensitivity” Being Sabotaged?
So I have this cool project I love playing in. My friend and I began creating and playing in this project about a year or so ago. One of the…
How To Create and Organize an Highly Sensitive Person Meetup Group
So you’d like to meet other individuals who have the Highly Sensitive Person Trait but there isn’t a local HSP Meetup Group in your area? I found myself in the…
How Highly Sensitive People Can Use Courage and Creative Self-Expression to Invite Connection
Life’s ups and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. – Marsha…
Projection, Self-Awareness and the Highly Sensitive Person
Utilitarian chairs, an old area rug covering a cement floor, scratched wooden coffee tables, and a beat-up leather couch. Heat and fluorescent lighting. The faint smell of gasoline. A garage.…
Why Reframing is a Helpful Tool for Highly Sensitive People
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…