The shame spiral of overstimulation (and a reminder that you’re not broken) If you’re highly sensitive, there’s a very...
Category: General HSP
The Most Important Word for the HSP
The Most Important Word for the HSP There is one very small, but very important, word that is essential for the highly...
F@#$! Empathy
Fuck EmpathyHannah Marks I want to scream it. Yes — seriously. Fuck empathy. I’ve built my career on empathy. I manage...
My Story: Sally Goldner, the Wrestler
I’m a person born in 1965, I’m from that time before internet (yes, there was such a time). Having said that, given that I didn’t know what I was looking for, would a search engine have helped? What does that mean? I had been aware from an early age, that in different...
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...