by Matt & Erica | Jul 24, 2025 | General HSP, Self Care
One of the hallmarks of being a Highly Sensitive Person is preferring deep conversation over small talk. As a general rule, you can miss us HSPs with chit chat. Yeah, the weather is great … but let’s talk about what matters. We want to go deep, existential and...
by Matt & Erica | Jul 22, 2025 | General HSP, Hannah Marks, Self Care, Trauma
Intuition is a gift, no doubt. But sometimes, it’s the kind of gift you wish came with a return receipt. Because when you’re a highly sensitive person — when you feel things before they’re said, when you know things without being told — your intuition becomes...
by Matt & Erica | Jul 14, 2025 | General HSP, Self Care, Trauma
The shame spiral of overstimulation (and a reminder that you’re not broken) If you’re highly sensitive, there’s a very good chance you know overwhelm, intimately. When I’ve had moments of deep shame, they’ve frequently been in the aftermath of overstimulation –...
by Matt & Erica | Jul 8, 2025 | Conflict, General HSP, Self Care
The Most Important Word for the HSP There is one very small, but very important, word that is essential for the highly sensitive person to learn. But we struggle to say it. Sometimes it even hurts to say it. It makes us feel bad. It makes us feel like we’re letting...
by Matt & Erica | Jul 7, 2025 | General HSP, Hannah Marks, Trauma, Workplace
Fuck EmpathyHannah Marks I want to scream it. Yes — seriously. Fuck empathy. I’ve built my career on empathy. I manage volunteer programs that support families through some of the darkest chapters of their lives — palliative care, children’s palliative care, cancer...
