by Melissa Noel Renzi | Jun 28, 2022 | Activism, Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person
With the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, many of us are feeling flooded with emotions, from anger to sorrow to despair. If you’re feeling the devastation over this very personal choice and right to terminate a pregnancy being...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Jun 14, 2022 | Generational Junk, Highly Sensitive Person, Personal Growth
Is generational junk weighing you down? When it comes to what we inherit over generations, there’s plenty to treasure and keep alive. But there’s also quite a bit that can keep us stuck, both individually and collectively. Recently, I was working...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | May 18, 2022 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Meditation, Yoga
Have you tried to use meditation for anxiety symptoms? Many HSPs who are prone to anxiety turn to meditation to cope. It makes sense that people with sensitive nervous systems would gravitate toward a quiet, inward-oriented, and deeply personal practice. We’ve also...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Apr 22, 2022 | Highly Sensitive Person, Travel
Have you had a travel experience that left you feeling depleted? As an HSP and lifelong traveler, I’ve felt more than my share of travel overwhelm and exhaustion. And yet, I continue to love traveling…especially since I’ve learned to understand and work with, not...
by Joshua Harper Rautenbach | Apr 7, 2021 | highly sensitive children, Highly Sensitive Person
A Resource Written by a Highly Sensitive Child The following guide comes from an 11-year old highly sensitive child, Joshua Harper Rautenbach, with permission to publish from his parents. Joshua reached out to me from Singapore for a school research project in which...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Jan 26, 2021 | Highly Sensitive Person, HSP Relationships, Self Care
If your emotional needs as an HSP were ignored or ridiculed growing up, you‘re not alone. It’s not uncommon for HSPs to experience emotional neglect by caregivers. As an HSP, you have unique emotional needs, most of which you arrived into this world with, due to your...