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Highly Sensitive Relationships: How to Connect Deeply

Highly Sensitive Relationships: How to Connect Deeply

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...
Are INFPs Ambitious? How Ambition Shows Up for Us

Are INFPs Ambitious? How Ambition Shows Up for Us

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...
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...
Mindful Camino Lesson #1: Lighten Your Load

Mindful Camino Lesson #1: Lighten Your Load

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Sep 26, 2017 | Highly Sensitive Person, Personal Growth, Self Care, Travel

Last week, I returned from hiking the famous Camino de Santiago in Spain, but I never made it to Santiago. Over the next few days, I’ll share with you what happened along with some Mindful Camino Lessons I learned along the way that just might resonate with you.  But...
How Trauma-Informed Yoga Can Help Highly Sensitive People

How Trauma-Informed Yoga Can Help Highly Sensitive People

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Aug 24, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Trauma, Yoga

The following article was originally published on Introvert, Dear under the title “7 Reasons Trauma-Informed Yoga Is Perfect for Introverts and HSPs”. I almost walked out of a yoga class last winter. As an introvert and a highly sensitive person (HSP), I’m...
8 Special Superpowers of Highly Sensitive People

8 Special Superpowers of Highly Sensitive People

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Aug 7, 2017 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Personal Growth, Self Care

Have you been told you’re too sensitive? Unfortunately, it’s rather common in our society for highly sensitive people to be teased or criticized, even by loved ones. Our friends and family typically mean no harm. At times they may think they’re “just having fun”...
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