When I was a young girl (maybe 6 or so?), I used to play with these funny little magnetic marbles. I’m sure they had an actual name. Maybe even a catchy name (Probably something much better than “funny little magnetic marbles”) But you get the idea. At any rate…I would spread them on the floor…
Five Ways to Make An Adversary of a Highly Sensitive Person
If you know anything at all about highly sensitive people, you probably have figured out that they tend to like harmony. Possibly so much that it can become a liability. If we can avoid stirring unnecessary conflict, we will. We will throw every conflict management tool in the book at a difficult situation before we…
Five Super-Powers Introverts and Highly Sensitive People Possess
Highly sensitive people are by no means perfect. We can be fickle, high maintenance, and overly analytical to the point of being infuriating. We are easily hurt, and we process through things at a depth that can feel gratifying to us, but which may seem utterly ridiculous to others around us. I mean, really? Are you…
How Highly Sensitive People Can Get Socially Fit, and Join In Without Getting Wiped Out
Highly Sensitive People do have some unique characteristics… Highly sensitive people are often misconstrued by others as being weak. And I get it. We wear out more quickly than the average person seems to. Whereas most people can go to a theme park and find themselves charged up and ready to take on the world,…
Letting Go: Why Highly Sensitive People Find it So Difficult
Humans like certainty… So far as I can tell, human beings really like having a sense of control in their lives. It’s why so many of us develop routines and rituals. It’s why we go out in the world searching for “the one” (when what we really mean is someone who will promise me his…
Decisions: Why the Struggle is So Real for Highly Sensitive People…And Strategies That May Help.
Have you ever found yourself agonizing over a decision? Maybe it was in high school when you were choosing which college to attend? Or maybe it was when you were trying to decide between two or more prospective jobs? Or maybe it was when you were trying to decide your romantic future (should I stay…
The Leap…
We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures….as free agents making one cost/benefit decision after another. And maybe you are such a creature. Perhaps you go through each day feeling like every move you have made was entirely your decision, and each decision was made with Spock-like data-driven precision. I don’t know. I’m not…
Can We Talk About Sex?
For the podcast – click here! I’m a 32-year old woman. My favorite things to do include reading, writing, hiking in nature, and having thoughtful discussions. I’m passionate about health and self development…and have as much love for a perfectly brewed cup of tea as I do for a well-aged scotch. I’m sensitive – and by…
What Courage Looks Like
Courage: mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty – Merriam Webster I’ve been thinking a lot, lately, about courage. As a kid, I was brought up thinking courage looked like young strapping men fighting off evil sorcerers to win the hearts of fair maidens. For there to be courage, there must…
The Benefits of Hopelessness?
I’m feeling extremely uncomfortable. My chest aches. My stomach is twisted in knots. My back muscles are taught. My jaw is stiff from all the clenching. If I were to name the culprit for all the unease, I guess I would call it fear. But the worst part is I’m not entirely clear about it….
The Right Kind of Problems
(Psssst. If you’re more of a listener than a reader, feel free to listen in to my podcast on this subject ; ) I have this (maybe not so great) habit of looking for things that are going wrong in my life and trying to fix them. Or change them. Or reframe them. ANYTHING…
Traffic
I’m writing this while on a freeway in my car. Definitely NOT a classic HSP move, right? One detail I forgot to mention. I’m parked. There was an accident ahead and all four lanes of the freeway are closed off. I can’t move. Something you might want to know about me is there are few…