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Highly Sensitive People with Anxiety: What to Know and How to Cope

Highly Sensitive People with Anxiety: What to Know and How to Cope

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...
How to Manage Performance Anxiety as an HSP

How to Manage Performance Anxiety as an HSP

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...
Mindful Camino Lesson #4: You must prepare for spontaneity

Mindful Camino Lesson #4: You must prepare for spontaneity

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Sep 29, 2017 | Anxiety, Grief and Loss, Personal Growth, Self Care

“You must plan to be spontaneous.” – David Hockney A couple years ago, I attended a workshop taught by James Boag, who teaches applied yoga philosophy. He mentioned the above quote and it’s been with me ever since. Yet, I began to understand it at a deeper level...
Mindful Camino Lesson #3: Stop Hiding Your Scars

Mindful Camino Lesson #3: Stop Hiding Your Scars

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Sep 28, 2017 | Anxiety, Personal Growth, Self Care, Trauma

Scars. We all have scars and we all hide them. Today I’ll share with you one of my biggest insecurities, as well as some steps to embrace your scars. I confess that my insecurity is rather superficial. As deep as some of my thinking may be, at times I get down on...
Mindful Camino Lesson #2: Pain is a Teacher

Mindful Camino Lesson #2: Pain is a Teacher

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Sep 27, 2017 | Anxiety, Grief and Loss, Highly Sensitive Person, Personal Growth, Self Care, Trauma, Travel

Today I’d like to share a few ways I see pain as one of my greatest teachers. If you’re human, you’ve experienced pain… many kinds of pain. Loss of a loved one. A broken bone. A break-up. Discrimination. Chronic illness. Bullying. An absent parent. Sensitive people...
Feeling Anxious? How to Cognitively Reframe Anxiety

Feeling Anxious? How to Cognitively Reframe Anxiety

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Sep 23, 2017 | Anxiety, Personal Growth

This post was republished with permission from www.tinybuddha.com. You can find the original post here: “3 Empowering Ways to Reframe Anxiety: Work With It, Not Against It”. “If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free...
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