Melissa Noel Renzi
  • About
    • Biography
  • Yoga
  • HSP Circle
  • Retreats
    • About HSP & Introvert Retreats
    • Guerneville, California – July 2025
    • Marshall, North Carolina – Sept 2025
  • Blog
  • Contact
Select Page
Struggling with Focus? Try These Tips for Neurodivergent Minds

Struggling with Focus? Try These Tips for Neurodivergent Minds

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Aug 23, 2024 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Neurodivergence, Personal Growth

I wish I could say I’m super organized with my time, but the truth is, I often find myself struggling with focus and organization in my work. This might surprise you if you’ve attended one of my retreats. Guests often praise my organization and attention to detail. I...
Speaking Up for Yourself: When and How to Do It

Speaking Up for Yourself: When and How to Do It

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Dec 18, 2022 | Anxiety, HSP Relationships, Personal Growth

If you struggle with speaking up for yourself, you’re not alone. You might worry about disappointing people if you say how you really feel. Maybe you’ve encountered dismissal or backlash when you’ve spoken up in the past. You may also freeze in moments of conflict if...
Generational Junk #2: How to Keep Your Junk out of Landfills

Generational Junk #2: How to Keep Your Junk out of Landfills

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Jul 19, 2022 | Generational Junk, Highly Sensitive Person, Personal Growth

Are you looking to get rid of old generational objects, but want to keep your junk out of landfills? If you’ve followed my work lately, you know that I’ve opened up a conversation about “generational junk” in its many forms with one of those being heirlooms,...
Generational Junk #1: Examining What We Pass Down

Generational Junk #1: Examining What We Pass Down

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...
Spiritual Bypass: 5 Common Examples, Why It Happens, and What to Do

Spiritual Bypass: 5 Common Examples, Why It Happens, and What to Do

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Jul 23, 2020 | highly sensitive activism, Personal Growth

Spiritual bypass is a term that describes attempts to rise above and effectively deny unpleasant emotions, experiences, and realities in order to feel good and avoid discomfort and painful truths. Leer en español con Yoga en Red: Bypass espiritual: 5 ejemplos comunes,...
6 Common Leadership Challenges of the Highly Sensitive Leader

6 Common Leadership Challenges of the Highly Sensitive Leader

by Melissa Noel Renzi | Aug 21, 2019 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Personal Growth, Uncategorized

This article was originally written for Highly Sensitive Refuge under the title “6 Challenges Every HSP Leader Must Face — And How to Overcome Them”. Many highly sensitive people (HSPs) are natural leaders. As an HSP, you have a unique way of seeing the...
« Older Entries

Recent Posts

  • To My Younger Self: Lessons on Grief, Love, and Courage
  • A Resource Guide to Find Community, Take Action and Stay Informed — Without Overwhelm
  • Managing Your News Intake: How HSPs Can Stay Informed Without Overwhelm
  • Struggling with Focus? Try These Tips for Neurodivergent Minds
  • Building Affirming Spaces for Queer HSPs and Introverts
  • Navigating Collective Grief as Highly Sensitive People
  • Crafting Ethical Retreats: Navigating Venue Selection with Care
  • Too Much Empathy? Try This Instead
  • A Guide to Balancing Social Action and Self-Care During the Holidays
  • A Call for Humanity: Help Palestinians in Gaza

Follow Us

Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress