Being Highly Sensitive can mean that we have a deeper need for meaning and purpose in our lives. In this post, I will share some ways for finding purpose and reach our goals. “If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of thatContinue reading “Finding Purpose”
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Self-Compassion
“Self-Compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.” – Chris Germer Being empathetic is an innate part of being sensitive, and with that comes an enormous capacity for compassion. Compassion for others seems to come easier for many people, and especially to highly sensitive people. Giving compassion toContinue reading “Self-Compassion”
Am I Highly Sensitive?
It’s overly simplistic to say there are people who are sensitive and those who are not. High sensitivity exists on a spectrum with around 20% of the population (1 in 5 people) being highly sensitive, and is found equally in males and females. The questions below are based on the extensive work and research ofContinue reading “Am I Highly Sensitive?”
Doing Self Care vs Being Self Care
For highly sensitive people, self care is extremely important. “The practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s health.” Oxford dictionary Self care can involve many factors, including emotional, physical, mental and spiritual health, and will look different from one person to the next. Some examples of self care might include: However, sometimes weContinue reading “Doing Self Care vs Being Self Care”
Are You Still Hiding?
“What’s wrong now?”. “What are you crying for?”. “Suck it up!” – sound familiar? “ A child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there who accepts her fully, understands her, and supports her. If that person is missing, if the child must risk losing the mother’s love or the love of herContinue reading “Are You Still Hiding?”
Courage
I think Highly Sensitive Sensation Seekers are some of the most courageous people that I know. Trying to satisfy this huge drive to do more, to reach further, to climb higher whilst having the capacity to look inwards so deeply, and to have such immense curiosity requires tremendous courage. The risk of overwhelming the highlyContinue reading “Courage”
Why Am I So Hard On Myself?
As a highly sensitive person I feel acutely and intuitive aware of the subtleties in life – the tiny details. Details, that probably go unnoticed by the majority of people, are glaringly obvious to me. It’s hard to settle for ‘good enough’; I expect more. As a high sensation seeker I am always driven –Continue reading “Why Am I So Hard On Myself?”
HSS?
What does it mean to be a High Sensation Seeker? Sensation seeking encompasses the drive for varied, novel & complex experiences. Canadian psychologist Marvin Zuckerman pioneered modern sensation seeking research and developed the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS). “sensation seeking is a personality trait defined by the search for experiences and feelings that are varied, novel, complex, andContinue reading “HSS?”
HSP&HSS?
Being a High Sensation Seeking Highly Sensitive Person has been described as the ‘golden ticket’. How to manage being both HSP & HSS? How do you juggle both of these traits of being a highly sensitive person who is also a high sensation seeker?Dr Elaine Aron describes it using the analogy of living with “oneContinue reading “HSP&HSS?”
HSP?
What does it mean to be a Highly Sensitive Person? High Sensitivity (also called Sensory Processing Sensitivity), is a series of character traits that combine to make a unique way that some people experience the world. 20-30% of the populate are considered highly sensitive, although not all of those people ever actually recognize themselves asContinue reading “HSP?”