by Alane Freund, MS, MA | Jun 23, 2020
I was recently a guest on the Tilt Parenting Podcast:If your child seems to be “extra” impacted by things—whether it’s light, noise, pain, or even other people’s emotions—he or she might be highly sensitive. High sensitivity is a genetic trait that affects up to 20%...
by Alane Freund | May 31, 2020
For a few weeks I had been trying to write a blog, and it was going to be about empathy. Then at the end of May this happened:Now I sit in front of my TV weeping. I’ve been on a “news fast” to take a break from the Covid pandemic drama and trauma—my tender highly...
by Alane Freund | May 5, 2020
I was recently a guest on the Unapologetically Sensitive Podcast.During times of stress, the Highly Sensitive Person can fare better than the other 80% when we cultivate environments that help us flourish, as well as being mindful about what we consume....
by Alane Freund, MS, MA | Feb 29, 2020
Alane Freund’s live Q&A webinars for Highly Sensitive People and Parents Who Are Sensitive and/or Raising Highly Sensitive Children. Join our membership to post your questions and get recordings of every call. Or attend live at 11am PST.March 6: HSP FIVE to...
by Alane Freund, MS, MA | Feb 4, 2020
I don’t know about you, but I am still recuperating from the winter holiday flurry. While there aren’t snow flurries where I live, I have mental flurries throughout “the season”. And, by the way, I consider the holiday season to be from Halloween (still feeling guilty...
by Alane Freund, MS, MA | Oct 2, 2019
I did not want to write about the HSPs and Horses Workshops until I experienced a few of them. Now there have been three. The first two were one-day workshops, and the last one, in June, was two days, which we decided worked better for HSPs. At the bottom are some...
by Alane Freund, MS, MA | Sep 26, 2019
A little more than two decades ago, I moved to Marin with my horse and began to develop what I thought was a unique technique for personal growth, with the horse as the vehicle for change. One day a friend told me that an internet search brought up Eagala, the Equine...
by Alane Freund, MS, MA | Sep 24, 2019
Raising a child in this world of high stimulation is a new art and science. What does a parent know about parenting? Conventional wisdom tells us we parent either as we were parented or in reaction to our own experiences. Then, we read parenting advice books, many of...
by Alane Freund, MS, MA | Sep 24, 2019
I recently heard a podcast by Ivan Misner called “When what’s in the way becomes the way.” That is my sensitivity. Going from a child who was told repeatedly that I was too sensitive and there was something wrong with me to an adult who helps families and schools...
