by Melissa Noel Renzi | Jun 20, 2019 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Trauma
Transforming Self-Criticism as an HSPYou know how your sensitivity can feel like a weakness, but it can actually be one of your greatest sources of strength? Well, what if I told you that critical voice in your head has similar aspects? What if your inner critic could...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Apr 6, 2019 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Trauma
Brainspotting resource model, eh? If you’re not even sure what Brainspotting is, you’re not alone. Brainspotting is a relatively new model of therapy designed to help people identify, process, and release emotional and physical distress, as well as the...
by Melissa Noel Renzi | Mar 23, 2019 | Anxiety, Highly Sensitive Person, Self Care, Trauma, Yoga
It’s no secret that yoga can support highly sensitive people. A slow-paced, nurturing yoga practice can be just the medicine to calm an anxious nervous system and learn to befriend the most uncomfortable thoughts and feelings highly sensitive people often...
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 | 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...
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...