Posts Tagged ‘stress relief’
7 Paths to Reducing Sensitivity And Overwhelm For HSPs
You’re driving your car to work. The heat hasn’t kicked in. Suddenly, you notice that you forgot to cut off a sewn in tag on the back of your shirt collar. It’s irritating your skin. Sadness and frustration wash over you as you witness a child being drug by the arm through a cross walk…
Read MoreWhat is an Empath Exactly?
As someone who started identifying with the word empath some years ago, I have thought lately of how it is simply a catch-all term for different kinds of sensitivities. All people who use the word empath for themselves do not have their empathic antennas out in exactly the same way. They are not exactly like…
Read MoreManaging The Stress Epidemic
Do you ever feel like stress is conquering you especially now with the COVID pandemic? Do you ever feel hounded by one stressful situation after another given the many major issues we are confronted with daily? Does stress take over your life and make you feel out of control? Does managing stress seem impossible? Unfortunately,…
Read MoreThe Value Of Tension
Tension can be good. It is not my favorite thing in life, and as a highly sensitive person it can be challenging, but it has also made my life better in some ways. Tension Seeks Resolution Tension seeks resolution is truth that I have learned from Robert Fritz through his class, Structures, which teaches how to…
Read MoreEmbracing The Primal Yumminess
I have been thinking about how we often get in our own way and why it is so difficult to change that. How do we get so bogged down in minutia, problems, relationships, work, money problems? Learning From Animals Every morning my cat, Kelly, marched me outdoors. It does not matter what the temperature – winter…
Read MoreDigital Detox For Highly Sensitive People
So here I was again, crying on the floor of my tiny rented studio from an unbearable migraine and fatigue, weak and desperate after a day in the office. I seemed to have finally landed in a decent digital marketing role I’ve always wanted – a great brand, professional and ambitious colleagues, a decent salary…
Read MoreWhy Ayurveda Works For Stress Reduction In HSPs
As a highly sensitive person, I experience a lot of stress. Most highly sensitive people do. It is not a choice. Our nervous systems are sponges for the stimulus around us. We become flooded and overwhelmed. If we are not careful we can drown and become unable to function. Stress Reduction: A Necessity For Highly…
Read MoreTruths Spoken In The Silence Of Contemplation
It had been a long day. One which didn’t improve when I fell asleep during my meditation class that evening after a twelve-hour shift at work. Feeling embarrassed afterward, I had a hard time meeting the teacher’s eyes as we put the chairs away before dispersing for the night. But true to form, there was…
Read MoreWhat My Yoga Therapist Taught Me About My Food Cravings
Have you ever gotten to the point where you feel helpless and hopeless about something in your life? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say “Yes” you have. If you are an HSP reading this you most likely have felt this way in your at some point. Life can feel a…
Read MoreHSPs And Self-Care: Putting Yourself First Is Not Selfish
Highly Sensitive Persons– as a group– tend to be very giving individuals, often putting the needs of others ahead of their own. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with having a giving nature, but the issue many HSPs end up facing is that they “give and give and give” and end up burning out, at which…
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