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“If you're always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” Maya Angelou
Practising boundaries for surviving Christmas for Highly Sensitive People
The festive season is an idealised time of year culturally and in the media, however the reality for many of us is it can be a challenging time of year due to loneliness or family dynamics.
There can be a lot of pressure during the festive season for everyone to be ‘happy and having a magical time’ or create further strain on relationships that are already difficult. As highly sensitive people who are very aware of group dynamics, this can feel deeply uncomfortable and create anxiety. So in this blog, we will address how you could approach it differently to support, not only your wellbeing, but that of others...
Six Reasons why healthy boundaries are transformative for Highly Sensitive People
Often highly sensitive people can feel anxious about developing stronger, healthier, personal boundaries. We can fear losing friendships or upsetting people, facing up to conversations or people that we are afraid of and where we don’t want to irrevocably rock the boat even though we are struggling. We may block ourselves from action by focusing on our fears of rejection or disconnection whilst not recognising all there is to gain from this potential positive change of adjusting our personal boundaries. So in this article, I want to explore some of the possible transformational benefits.
How embodied awareness enables Highly Sensitive People establish healthy boundaries
For HSP’s who can also often feel uncomfortable exercising or communicating their needs in favor of supporting others; starting to develop healthy boundaries can feel uncomfortable and it can help to take a gradual approach to it… But how do we do it? We learn what our boundaries and limits are by developing our somatic awareness then beginning to notice your body’s physical and energetic response to certain: people, places, situations or events and so on. Read on to learn more…
Why motherhood can trigger a healing crisis and become an initiation into authentic power for Highly Sensitive women
What no one tells you before you become a Mother is that you are embarking on a heroine's journey of transformation. From conception your psyche enters a ‘death and rebirth process’, as your body is transformed in pregnancy (and post), your old life dies overnight after the birth, your routine is remodelled, your responsibilities radically shift, your availability, energy and capacity profoundly alter…as do you. This process becomes an initiation into a new life that requires you to change your way of being to meet your new demands as a highly sensitive Mother and survive your new world which can bring about both a healing crisis and an intense evaluation of our relationships.
Fifteen Signs you're an Empath
Ever wondered if you're an Empath? Maybe it's a term you’ve heard of recently and you're thinking… is that me? Well this article is going to help you decide.
Eight Reasons Empaths can have late blooming careers
What is it about our journey as Empaths that may cause limitations on the way and make some of us late bloomers in our careers? If you are highly sensitive and experience a frustrated sentiment of not having fulfilled your potential yet, then read on to reflect on why this might be…
Five Challenges of Motherhood as an Empath
Motherhood is a demanding and transformative journey for most but as an Empath some of these challenges may feel amplified due to your highly sensitive nature. Alongside that, our unhelpful tendencies as an empath can rear up clashing with the requirements of our role as a Mother. Here are a few issues you might encounter: 1 Isolation due to overwhelm. 2 Low tolerance of intensity. 3 Lack of space, time and energy. 4 Parenting triggering unhealed wounds. 5 New role revealing family dynamics. Read more…
Six Overwhelm Triggers for Highly Sensitive People
For sensitive souls, feeling overwhelmed can be a continual or reoccurring problem. One of the drawbacks of the blessing of being highly sensitive is that the world can feel intense and overwhelming at times, even in ‘mundane’ situations when those around you are just fine.
The beauty however is that once we start to understand and acknowledge our sensitive nature we can begin to make shifts that support and nourish us more deeply rather than deplete us. So here are some classic overwhelm trigger's for Empaths and what you can do in response to support yourself.