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For Good HSP Self-care, Know and Understand These Differences in Body Chemicals
Since her book, Molecules of Emotion, came out, I have been a fan of the late Dr. Candace Pert. She and her research have been instrumental in legitimizing the new science of mind-body connection. Our minds are intricately connected to … Continue reading
Compassionate Response Needs a Fourth H to be Valid
When people are going through difficult or challenging circumstances, they need comfort from others. That comfort helps them deal with the overwhelming emotions that bombard them. People in these circumstances naturally turn to HSPs for solace. They may not be … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, HSP Journey, Providing Support
Tagged authenticity, awareness, comfort, compassion, Empathy, heard, Help, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, hug, humbleness, humility, kindness, support
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Empathy – Don’t Abuse It or You’ll Lose It
I’m an imposter. Lately, I’ve wondered if I really am who I say I am. Forty years ago, I discovered that I was a sensitive person. I’ve spent the intervening years finding out more about my sensitivity. Learning all its … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, balance, empath, empath burnout, Empathy, empathy shutdown, Finding Your Truth, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, sensitivity
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Seven Steps to Take Now to Limit Your Empath Agreeableness
Agreeableness is one of five personality traits the psychiatric world uses to determine personality. Differences in those five traits, memorialized in the acronym OCEAN (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism) combine to determine our personalities. Agreeableness describes a person’s ability … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Emotions, HSP Journey, Self-care
Tagged agreeable, awareness, boundaries, conscientious, empath, Empathy, Finding Your Truth, HSP, Truth
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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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Mastering Give-and-Take, an Essential HSP Skill, Part 1
On June 14, I spent the late evening and part of the night huddled in the basement under the staircase, as a tornado touched down in the countryside two miles from our small town. In the morning, when we assessed … Continue reading
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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Signs of Peril, Recognizing and Averting Psychopathic Danger
As a highly sensitive person, you are a target. Energy vampires are all around us, and they love to target highly sensitive people. Psychopaths are one of those dangerous people. We are deeply empathic. That means that we tend to … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, energy vampires, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, intuition, Psychopathy, Self-care
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Dealing with Frustration as an HSP
Putting away groceries the other day, I surprised myself. I was emptying potatoes into a bag in the pantry when the bag slipped and all the potatoes flew in every direction. I let out a grunt – a half-scream, guttural … Continue reading
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Tagged Anger, awareness, emotions, Frustration, Highly Sensitive Person, HSP, Self-care, stress
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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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