The Sky is Falling: Here’s an Umbrella
so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens – William Carlos Williams, “The Red Wheelbarrow” Many months ago, my son’s orthodontist suggested “tongue therapy.” We didn’t know such a thing existed,…
The HSP World Podcast Ep. 2: Are HSPs More Slow To Open Up and Show Their Sensitive Side?
We’re happy to announce The HSP World Podcast is now available in iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify! Thomas: Hi and welcome to the HSP world podcast. With each episode, we invite a guest with the HSP trait who has…
Life Before and After Learning I Have the HSP Trait
Unlike the other books, this particular book cover was facing outwards. Maybe it was serendipity. We were in an alternative bookshop in Totnes, Devon, UK, when my partner chanced upon Dr. Elaine Aron’s, “the Highly Sensitive Child, Helping Our Children…
The HSP World Podcast: Episode 1 – What It’s About
Welcome to the first episode of The HSP World Podcast! It introduces the format of the Podcast and the hosts which is Guest Question, Connection and Conversation. Thomas: Hello and welcome to the HSP world podcast. I’m Thomas. Robyn: I’m…
Living in LaLa Land: Inside the Imagination of an HSP
Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality. – Cheshire Cat It wasn’t until adulthood that I realized how lucky I was to grow up in such an artistic and creative family. I’m now learning that not everybody…
The Paradox of Being A Sensitive Man
I really dislike the term “sensitive male.” Use it with me and I’ll more than likely tell you to go pound salt. Why? Because I’ve always felt the term “sensitive male” does not take into account that every person’s energy…
An HSP on Emotional Sensitivity
On a scale of one to ten how bad is your pain? One of the many questions an HSP has to answer differently. Emotional pain can be the same way. I experience emotions others may not or on a level…
Why, as an HSP, I Don’t Relate to the Word “Empath”
When I first found out I had the HSP Trait I was so relieved. I couldn’t believe how everything just fell into place. So much made sense to me now. Why I dreamed the way I did, why I could smell scents…
An HSP on Discovering the HSP Trait
In the winter of 2016 something in me was triggered. I demanded within myself, answers, explanations and clarity. Something inside of me pushed me like never before. I spoke out, but from within, asking the Universe for the answers no matter…
Only the Lonely: HSPs and Loneliness
I gazed out the window of the brownstone, wondering how many weekends I had spent alone. At twenty-six, I was living in Baltimore, my third floor apartment looking over trees on what used to be a block of regal homes.…