Work First, Pleasure After; The Effect of Beliefs on Work
Even though I know and talk about the importance of self care for Highly Sensitive People I still have a hard time with it on occasion. Yesterday, I was in conflict, between my urge to just keep on working until all items were crossed off my to-do list and my desire...
The unique path that Highly Sensitive People take
I felt a bit uncomfortable, I kept looking back to make sure I would find my way back if necessary.
How Highly Sensitive People can stop comparing them self with others
Is it even possible for an HSP to change a lifelong habit of comparing them self to non HSPs? Becoming aware of the self defeating behaviour is often a painful first step. It may come with feelings of shame, anger and self criticism.
EFT Emotional Freedom Techniques/ tapping is a gentle yet very effective tool for HSPs to deal with all these strong feelings.
How Highly Sensitive People get caught in the feeling of not being understood
Recently I had a very close, but safe encounter with a Black Bear who was caught in a trap beside my house. ( He was safely relocated up North by natural resources department officer) When I told family and friends about it, something unexpected happened. The detailed...
How Highly Sensitive People can learn to better express their anger
Highly Sensitive People can recount tiny details of past hurts and exact words spoken, having analyzed them again and again. Turning their ability to process and analyze subtle details against them and hurting them self in the process.
Is it possible for Highly Sensitive People to worry less?
I used to worry a lot about many things.
How to turn feelings of overwhelm to overjoyed
Highly Sensitive People, who make up about twenty percent of the population, are born with an innate trait called Sensory Processing Sensitivity. This trait allows us to notice everything and I mean everything in our environment all the time. This constant stream of...
The gentle Strengths of Highly Sensitive People
Many Highly Sensitive People HSP consider their sensitivity as a weakness, often because of comments from parents and teachers. In order to fit in we push our strong emotions down and try not to overreact due to over stimulation. This works for a period of time until...
Gentle Acceptance – From Rattled to Relaxed
Even expected changes like my sons going back to University shake me up.Suddenly my whole routine is changing again. I know that they are here for just a short time, yet I feel lost after they leave. I just want to crawl into bed and watch TV, feeling guilty because I...
Who is the expert in your life?
After several attempts to turn the Baby around, an appointment was booked to have labour induced for a breech birth with the help of my gynecologist. The nurse told us, after doing her thing, that it would take quite a while until things would get started, and not to...
What women empowerment looks like in my life
As I feel empowered to be and do whatever my heart desires I embody personal power. Through my example, I can inspire other women to achieve, cultivate and embody, step into and claim their own version of personal power.
How Highly Sensitive People can deal with grief
Grief like all emotions isn’t to be ignored, swept aside nor rushed, we need to take time to live through it without getting stuck in it. Grief is an important emotion. Everyone grieves differently. Different cultures grieve differently. Some cultures...
Do Highly Sensitive People only need to be with birds of the same feather?
Imagine conversations, where we can be curious, about our different points of view, where there is no need to convince them, when we can enjoy our differences and our similarities.
What learning a second language taught me about perseverance
During my second summer in Canada I lived with my only friend in a new town. She was a very busy woman and my partner worked out of town. I was alone most of the time. Phone calls to my family in Austria were too expensive. Because my English wasn’t very good, I felt...
The gentle Strength of Highly Sensitive People
It was a pleasure talking with “Chatting with Wisdom” Hostess Rollie Allaire about the gentle Strength of Highly Sensitive People.
Discover some simple strategies to help you reduce feelings of overwhelm and stress.
How to better ask for and provide help
As Highly Sensitive people it’s so easy to pick up on other people’s feelings. Our strong perception and awareness of the smallest detail in behaviours, facial expression or tone of voice and then deeply thinking and analyzing it has given us the impression that we...
What changing tires revealed about being a Highly Sensitive Person
I had never changed a tire by myself. To be more self reliant and independent I want to learn how to. I learn best when someone shows me how to do something, instead of googling it. Because patience isn’t one of my strengths. It was a cold snowy winter day and I...
Do you worry what other people think of you?
Ever since I can remember I worried what others thought or said about me. I would lie in bed and recall every part of a conversation, wondering how I had been perceived. When I mentioned that I felt hurt or attacked by someone's comments I often heard:” Don’t take it...
Direct communication is very important
I’ve never had as much time alone with my Dad as in the last two weeks. My Mom is in the hospital. Somehow most communication between my Dad and I, always went through my Mom, because she was always there. It seemed normal. That’s just the way it was. Unless one looks...
The good old days are now
Even though I am enjoying stronger winds, breathtaking fall colours and crisper air, I have noticed that I don’t want to accept that summer has ended. To make things worse, people are already worrying about another long, ice cold winter. This greedy yearning for the...
