by Alane Freund | Oct 31, 2022
Loving Detachment Might Be the Solution Highly sensitive people can struggle with the concept of loving detachment because of our strong empathy. We sometimes become overly focused on others to the detriment of our own well-being. This can lead us into habits of...
by Alane Freund | Oct 27, 2022
Fear looms large in the lives of many highly sensitive people, young and old. It turns out we can slide into fear because of deep processing, you know, thinking A LOT. Fear has its roots in your brain. In fact… We aren’t actually afraid most of the time....
by Alane Freund | Sep 28, 2022
Through the past three decades, my friend, Elaine Aron, has taught us that people with finely tuned nervous systems and brains, like ours, need only five simple things to thrive in this world. I call them The HSP Five to Thrive. You know my mantra about this: It’s...
by Alane Freund | Sep 23, 2022
Did You Grow Up Feeling Wrong? Are you highly sensitive? I bet you are, and I imagine you have known it forever. I grew up hearing repeatedly that I was too (damn) sensitive. In fact, I can’t remember a time when I didn’t think there was something wrong...
by Alane Freund | Sep 16, 2022
What Do HSPs Appreciate about Being Highly Sensitive? As we kick off the HSP Life Re-Design course with The Shift Network, students are re-writing the story of their lives as highly sensitive people. Part of the re-writing and re-design comes from a focus on the...
