Can Kids Be Depression-Proofed?

Can Kids Be Depression-Proofed?

 What if children could be “depression-proof”? What if someone had depression-proofed you? Is it possible to prevent depression? It’s not that HSPs are more likely to have bouts of depression… YET We kinda are. If a sensitive person’s...
HSPs Talk Spirituality

HSPs Talk Spirituality

SPIRITUAL HEALTH IS THE KEY TO MENTAL HEALTH HSP Spirituality: The research as well as our personal experiences teach us this truth. Spirituality and sensitivity just go together. Please enjoy these wise thoughts, questions, inspirations, and counsel for and from our...
Holiday Stress Prevention for the Highly Sensitive Family

Holiday Stress Prevention for the Highly Sensitive Family

You think you got stress? The day after Thanksgiving, searching for a lost Apple pencil in my parents’ couch, we uncovered a nest of Fiddleback Spiders (aka Brown Recluse). Yep, poisonous spiders, and one literally crawled over my 21 year-old son’s bare foot....
IT’S MY PARTY AND I’LL CRY IF I WANT TO

IT’S MY PARTY AND I’LL CRY IF I WANT TO

This is the quintessential HSP birthday song, isn’t it?  It’s My Party (Lesley Gore 1963), or for the young crowd, Melanie sampled It’s My Party and made Pity Party in 2015. It’s My Party came out the year before I was born, but my highly sensitive parents, both born...
HSP, What Are Your Gratitudes?

HSP, What Are Your Gratitudes?

Are you living your best life? Are you happy more often than not? I know a few things that are guaranteed to help. At Are You Highly Sensitive, I talk to HSPs every single day. Often I ask them for their gratitudes. Research shows that a daily gratitude practice will...

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