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 about getting together with a group of people all interested in the...

Nature as a Resource for the HSP

I grew up in a semi rural community, before social media, mobile phones or even the internet. After school was spent in the street playing games with the other local kids. Week-long cricket matches with the scores kept on the road, written in chalk.  When the street...

High Sensitivity in the Workplace

Whether we like it or not, the culture we grow up in the Western world caters almost exclusively for non-highly sensitive, extroverted people. This includes our education institutions, like schools and universities; our sporting clubs; our interest groups; and even...