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The Missing Link For Sensitive People
Sensitive people connect with the energy around them because their nervous systems are designed to operate in a highly engaged way with everything in their environments. This is not a bad thing, in fact, the sensitive person’s awareness can be exceptionally valuable. In order for that to happen, however, sensitive people need a specific type…
Read MoreThe Unique Frequency Of Sensitive People
Sensitive people have a unique nervous system which has an oversized capacity to connect with so much of the energy around them. Like the wings on a dragonfly, our nervous systems can support us with a lot of insight and information. If we cannot use the information we receive, then our nervous systems supersized capabilities…
Read MoreGrounding For Sensitive People In These Anxious Times
As highly sensitive people who have railed against being called “too sensitive,” many of us grow up to be overthinkers. We try to control what the future might bring. We try to please others and control other people’s reactions to us, so our own sensitive feelings don’t come peeking out. And because our sensitive nervous…
Read MorePandemic And Cultural Shift: A Perspective For Sensitive People
We are currently living in a unique time. A pandemic has loosened “business as usual” and all bets are off because the novel coronavirus is a new virus, more contagious than other infectious diseases with vaccines at least one year away. This challenge will be with us for awhile. Many people point to a silver…
Read MoreJoy
The holiday season can be wonderful. It can be hard, however, to find joy in a world as challenged as our. here are some wise words and perspective from the poet, Mary Oliver about joy. Don’t Hesitate If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives…
Read MoreHow To Draw The Line When You Have No Idea Where To Put It
Have you ever felt at a loss when you needed to draw the line with someone? Have you put yourself at a disadvantage when you failed to draw the line because you couldn’t think of a way to do it ? Have you ever felt mistreated when someone drew a line to your disadvantage? Setting boundaries is…
Read MoreThe Lack Mind: Why It Exists
For centuries, perhaps the entire history of the human race, “not enough” has been a perceptual anchor. Perceptions about enough and not enough form the basis of much prejudice as well as social and economic inequity. Lack is a frame of reference that informs most of human culture and also our judgment of each other.…
Read MoreDiscernment: The Key Skill For Sensitive People
Sensitive people have access to a huge amount of information because their ever active nervous system picks up on so much. The upside is that there is much we can do. The downside is that unless we develop ways to process what we encounter we can have difficulty navigating the world and finding the success…
Read MoreWelcome To 2018!
Start Close In Start close in, don’t take the second step or the third, start with the first thing close in, the step you don’t want to take. Start with the ground you know, the pale ground beneath your feet, your own way of starting the conversation. Start with your own question, give up on…
Read MoreRenewal For The Holidays!
I came across the poem by Mary Oliver. I loved the groundedness, the trust, and the renewal it expressed. I hope you enjoy it. Sleeping In The Forest I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds. I slept as never…
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