The Myth About Your Inner Critic (And What You Need to Know)
The Myth About Your Inner Critic + What You Need to KnowDo you have an overly active inner critic? Some people have stronger inner critics than others. If you’re a highly sensitive person who grew up feeling there was something wrong with you, chances are yours may sound particularly hurtful.I know what it’s like to have a relentless...
Stuck in a Rut? What to Do to Get Out and Move Forward
Are you stuck in a rut? Everyone falls into a rut at times. Sometimes it’s obvious, but other times it can take a while to even recognize you’re in one. Weird, right? But it’s true. Being in a rut doesn’t have to mean you’re sprawled on a couch with a sprinkling of potato chip remnants or lifelessly pushing paper at a desk. Sometimes you get lost...
Brainspotting Resource Model: A Simple Tool to Treat Anxiety
Brainspotting resource model, eh? If you're not even sure what Brainspotting is, you're not alone. Brainspotting is a relatively new model of therapy designed to help people identify, process, and release emotional and physical distress, as well as the often related unresolved, underlying trauma. I'll explain Brainspotting in a...
Yoga for Highly Sensitive People: A Practice in Self-Love
It's no secret that yoga can support highly sensitive people. A slow-paced, nurturing yoga practice can be just the medicine to calm an anxious nervous system and learn to befriend the most uncomfortable thoughts and feelings highly sensitive people often encounter. Today I want to share with you a yoga practice I put together to help...
Feeling Overwhelmed? 3 Key Ingredients to Get the Support You Need
When you’re feeling overwhelmed, you want to run. Your thoughts feel scattered, lungs tight, and pressure builds in your head. Sometimes the signs of overwhelm are pretty intense and obvious. Other times, they’re far more subtle and you don’t even notice until the last straw hits.Either way, at times it may be too difficult to manage...
Identifying as HSP – Harmful or Helpful?
Have you ever stopped to question whether identifying as HSP could be harmful? Before you throw your hands up in the air wondering what kind of a mess of contradictions I am for asking that question...please hear me out. When I first learned about the sensory-processing sensitivity trait, it was life-changing. I couldn't believe that there was an...
How to Get Out of Your Head and into Your Heart
Do you find it difficult to get out of your head? This is a common struggle for many highly sensitive people. Despite having an inherent ability to feel, it can be tough to get out of your head and move into your body.Or you may feel like you spend enough time feeling your emotional heart, which can be pretty painful for many HSPs....
Nadi Shodhana: A Breathing Technique to Help Calm Anxiety
Want to learn a breathing technique for anxiety? Breathing techniques may not always work to ease anxiety, but that doesn't mean that breathing never works. Different tools work in different ways for different people. What's important is that you have options in your toolbox and identify what works for you. Today I want to share with you a simple...
Why Highly Sensitive People Overthink Simple Decisions
This article was originally written for Introvert Spring under the title: “Why Highly Sensitive People Overthink So Much”. Do you tend to overthink decisions? Highly sensitive people overthink in a way not everyone understands. Overthinking can make us anxious and self-critical when we feel like we just can’t turn it off. That’s how I’ve felt...
How to Say No Without Guilt as a Highly Sensitive Person
Do you find it difficult to say no without guilt? Many highly sensitive people are so in tune with the feelings and needs of others, that it can be difficult to set boundaries and say no without feeling guilty. Yet, it's critical that highly sensitive people learn to say no without guilt when necessary to practice self-care and create...