Life learnings for the highly sensitive person

High Sensitivity Australia Resources

HSA Resources

Muddling through life as a HSP

We’ll be honest. Most of the time we feel like frauds when we write and post this stuff. Imposter syndrome is already high when you’re a counsellor and you feel like your life is a hot mess. Being highly sensitive makes it feel even worse. 

But on this page we will endeavor to share what we’ve learnt, and what we are learning from others.

We hope it helps!

Personal Stories

My Story: Matt Glover, the Counsellor

My Story: Matt Glover, the Counsellor

I am, perhaps, a lucky HSP. My parents allowed for the high levels of sensitivity in their little boy (me) and my childhood was a good one. Full of love and happiness.  My parents were not well educated people, nor did they have the language to describe what high...

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Recent Blog Posts

Making Your Home a HSP Sanctuary

Making Your Home a HSP Sanctuary

Peace and calm are important to the highly sensitive person.   So when time, resources and location allows, there are a few things we can do to set up our homes and living spaces to promotes...

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Dealing with Conflict as a HSP

Dealing with Conflict as a HSP

I’m writing this in real time. I’m sitting at my desk, feeling anxious and sick because of some conflict that I was involved in yesterday and that is likely to continue for the next year or so. In...

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Scaffold your sensitivity

Scaffold your sensitivity

Every Friday morning, I lace up my skates and go skating. I don’t mean that figuratively – I literally go to an adult rollerskating class! It’s joyful highlight of my week. There’s something special...

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Books

Articles

The highly sensitive brain: an fMRI study of sensory processing sensitivity and response to others’ emotions

Bianca P Acevedo, Alaine N Aron, Arthur Aron, Matthew Donald-Sangster, Nancy Collins, Lucy L Brown

Websites, Podcasts, Channels

https://hsperson.com/ – the website of Elaine Aron

https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/ – the website of Andre Solo and Jenn Granneman

https://highlysensitiveperson.net/ – the website and podcast of Kelly O’Laughlin

https://this-being-highly-sensitive.info/ – the website and blog of Sally Pendreigh