by Melissa Noel Renzi | May 22, 2018 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person
If you’re a highly sensitive person, you know the struggle with anxiety is real. I hear countless stories from highly sensitive people with anxiety who feel overwhelmed. Everyday situations can cause us to feel distressed in a way our non-sensitive peers may not...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | May 9, 2018 | Highly Sensitive Person, HSP Relationships, Self Care
“How to Stop Absorbing Other People’s Emotions” was republished with permission from www.tinybuddha.com. You can find the original post here: “How I Learned to Stop Absorbing Other People’s Emotions”. I felt her agony and loneliness as if...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Apr 29, 2018 | Highly Sensitive Person, Travel
Travel can be uplifting or downright draining for highly sensitive people (HSPs). To explore the world without feeling depleted, a few HSP travel tips can facilitate a positive experience. As HSPs, we may feel deeply moved by the magic and adventure of experiencing a...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Apr 7, 2018 | Highly Sensitive Person, Self Care
If you’re a highly sensitive person (HSP), you know that developing emotional regulation as an HSP can be challenging at times. As HSPs, we feel our emotions deeply. Whether we feel anger, excitement, or sadness, emotions fill us up viscerally and can impact our...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Mar 24, 2018 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person
Do you struggle to manage performance anxiety as a highly sensitive person? Despite it being quite common to feel anxious about things like public speaking and musical performances, it still feels like a mystery to so many of us when it comes to how we manage...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Mar 24, 2018 | Highly Sensitive Person, Self Care
There are specific things highly sensitive people need to practice good self-care. Yes, self-care is important for everyone, but highly sensitive people tend to have specific needs. If we don’t take time for these things, we can easily wear ourselves down to the bone....
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Mar 17, 2018 | Highly Sensitive Person, HSP Relationships
What do you think is most important in highly sensitive relationships? I often hear people say that things like communication, honesty, and respect are the most important. While these are certainly important pillars of any relationship, none of them are possible...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Dec 8, 2017 | Personal Growth, Trauma
This post was republished with permission from www.tinybuddha.com. You can find the original post here: “How to Move Past the Fear of Judgment and Break the Silence of Shame”. “If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Nov 24, 2017 | Grief and Loss, Meditation, Self Care
Can I share something personal with you? My grandma passed away over the weekend. I’ve lost two grandmas and my stepmom this year. Having lost my mom, stepdad, and grandpa in the last decade, sometimes it feels like the people I love are constantly dying....
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Nov 13, 2017 | Highly Sensitive Person, INFP, Personal Growth
Can INFPs be ambitious? Have you ever questioned your ambition as an INFP? If you’re anything like me, you may have once thought you were ambitious only to later question whether you have any ambition at all. Maybe you wonder if you ought to be more ambitious. People...