It’s My Birthday and I’ll Do What I Want To

It’s My Birthday and I’ll Do What I Want To

It’s My Party (Lesley Gore, 1963), or for the younger crowd, Melanie sampled It’s My Party and made Pity Party in 2015. It’s the quintessential HSP birthday song. It’s My Party came out the year before I was born, but my highly sensitive parents, both born in 1940,...
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...
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Ambivalence Sometimes I don’t know how I feel about Thanksgiving. I’ve been really focused on gratitude lately, and I think it’s so important that we take any opportunity or any excuse we can to focus on gratitude because it’s life changing. The science...

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