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Category Archives: Knowledge
Ethical Decisions and Highly Sensitive People
Twenty years ago, when I was starting a freelance career, it was difficult to get those first few customers. No one wanted to take a chance on a writer with no proven prior history. My heart took a jump when … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, HSP Journey, Knowledge
Tagged conscientiousness, Depth of Processing, Finding Your Truth, Highly Sensitive Person, wisdom
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Four Strategies for Taming HSP Overwhelm When Hateful Forces Rule
Do you, as an HSP, feel extreme overwhelm right now? You are not alone. Negative aggressive forces are coming at us in record numbers and intensity. From political unrest, self-absorbed people demanding their “rights” with no regard for others’ rights, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, HSP Journey, Knowledge, Self-care
Tagged anxiety, destructive forces, evil, Grief, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Overwhelm, stress, unrest, wisdom
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Five Steps to Finding and Keeping Your Purpose
HSPs have a strong desire for meaningful purpose. Along with conscientiousness, spirituality, and depth of processing, must find an outlet for deeply held aims. Continue reading
Posted in Advice, HSP Journey, Knowledge, Self-care
Tagged awareness, DOES, Finding Purpose, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Meaning
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Banishing the Echo in Your Heart, 5 Steps for Healing
Last week’s post identified the personality trait known as echoism. Echoism is on the extreme opposite side of narcissism, but both are destructive. Narcissism is destructive to those who come into relationship with a narcissist, and echoism is destruction caused … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Emotions, Knowledge, Self-care
Tagged Echoism, healing, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Low Self-esteem, Narcissists, poor boundaries, Self-effacing, Truth
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Why are People Still Defending MSG?
I’m going to put the disclaimer up early so you know – I am sensitive to MSG. I know this because MSG will send me to bed for a week with headaches so wretched that I have prayed to end … Continue reading
How to Deal with Rageful People
Several years ago, I needed to pick up glasses from an optical dispensary desk. The open room was part of a larger space that included a busy reception area, doctors’ offices, and large glass cases of sample eyewear. There were … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Knowledge, Self-care
Tagged aggression, Anger, Dealing with People, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, outrage, Rage, sensitivity
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Words that Wound, and What To Do About Them
As an HSP, no doubt you’ve heard the words “Don’t be so sensitive,” many times. It seems to be a mantra that certain people like to throw out to us. Most of the time, these are people who don’t care … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, HSP Journey, Knowledge, Self-care
Tagged Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, sensitivity, Truth, wisdom
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Using Your Peacemaker’s Understanding – A Sought After HSP Trait
If you’ve begun to learn about your highly sensitive nature, and especially if you have delved into that learning for some time, you are intimately familiar with the failings and rewards of being an HSP. You are probably also aware … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Call to Action, Knowledge
Tagged awareness, conscientiousness, Empathy, EQ, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, human behavior, interpersonal relationships, Peacemaker
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When You Can’t Escape the Cruelty; 3 Tips to Cope
The world can be a cruel place for a highly sensitive person. Especially now, narcissists and energy vampires seem to be coming out in droves. They are all around. Escape from their presence is the preferred way to go. Your … Continue reading
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Tagged Cruelty, Depth of Processing, gratitude, hate, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Life Lessons, love, wisdom
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The Migraine/Sensitivity Connection
Thirty-five years ago, I discovered an interesting fact. I was confronting my increasing migraine problem head-on, determined to understand and overcome its debilitating effect on me. Keeping a headache diary, I became very aware of the circumstances that would trigger … Continue reading
Posted in Emotions, Knowledge, Self-care
Tagged emotional upheaval, emotions, headache, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, migraine, sensitivity
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