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Category Archives: Knowledge
Making the Most of Your Active HSP Mind
One of the causes of an HSP’s overstimulation is their overactive mind. Our minds are always working. We obsess over details. We make connections between minutiae that others can’t see. We are innovative and creative. Our minds never stop their … Continue reading
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Tagged brain, Depth of Processing, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, HSP careers, Mind, personal growth, potentiality, social responsibility, workplace
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Is HSP Sensitivity a Curse or a Blessing? (Part 1)
We know that we are different from the other 80% of the population. Our sensitivity creates different biological responses than our counterparts. As a consequence, we often perceive our world differently. Our senses are the tools through which we comprehend … Continue reading
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Tagged advantages, blessing, burden, Curse, Finding Your Truth, good fortune, pros and cons, scourge, wisdom
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How to Maximize Your Personal Power for Self-Protection – Part 1
In my memoir, I tell of an incident early in my life, many, many years before Dr. Aron began her work to identify and classify the personality style known as highly sensitive. The characters in this incident were myself, another … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Call to Action, HSP Journey, Knowledge, Self-care
Tagged awareness, guard, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, power, Protect Yourself, protection, resistance, self-defense, sensitivity, Strength, wisdom
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How to Make Your Strong HSP Fight-or-Flight Response Work in Your Favor
There is no getting around it. We, as HSPs, have a very strong fight-or-flight response to stress. As I mentioned in my last post, it is critical for highly sensitive people to not only understand this phenomenon, but to learn … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, fear, Fight-or-flight, Finding Your Truth, HSP Care, HSP needs, stress
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How to Explain Your HSP Need for Alone Time to Others
When I first entered into a relationship with the man that would become my husband, I told him that there was something he needed to know about me. I needed time alone. It had nothing to do with him, or … Continue reading
Mastering Give-and-Take, an Essential HSP Skill, Part 2
Knowing the art of give-and-take is an essential skill we all need in order to successfully live a happy and productive life. Determining and maintaining boundaries is especially important for HSPs. Those boundaries are already blurred due to our empathic … Continue reading
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Tagged criticism, Finding Your Truth, give-and-take, HSP, Inner strength, insensitive world, thin boundaries, wisdom
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Dealing with Toxic Family Members, An HSP Essential Guide
It’s a fact of life that there are toxic people out there. I detailed some of the toxic people I’ve run across in my memoir, Mere Sense. But there are far more people I’ve come in contact with over my … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Emotions, HSP Journey, Knowledge, Self-care
Tagged awareness, boundaries, emotions, Empathy, Finding Your Truth, grey rock, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, intuition, Toxic people
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Using Your HSP Empathy for Spiritual Growth
It is a common misconception that psychopaths have no empathy. Depending upon the way you define the word “empathy,” this is far from the truth. These troubled individuals often have and make full use of what is known as cognitive … Continue reading
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
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Tagged conscientiousness, Depth of Processing, Finding Your Truth, Highly Sensitive Person, wisdom
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