by Alane Freund | Apr 14, 2023
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...
by Alane Freund | Apr 6, 2023
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...
by Alane Freund | Mar 15, 2023
Is worry helping or hurting your sensitive family? Highly sensitive children and teens know all about worrying. It comes with deeply processing and subtlety noticing – hallmarks of a highly sensitive brain. We sensitive ones were designed to think. But where is the...
by Alane Freund | Dec 26, 2022
Core Elements to an Ideal HSY Vacation What makes an ideal vacation for sensitive youth? Sure, it’s important to weave in some family rituals. But maybe the best vacation is about no pressure. Freedom + Time = Ingenuity This photo, Winter 1978: Alane and Skoshi,...
by Alane Freund | Dec 13, 2022
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....
