Highly sensitive people often get harsh judgment from the people around us. But what message are you giving yourself?

HSPs feel like if we don’t say “yes,” we’ll disappoint someone. But those “yes’s” add up — and pretty soon you’re your own lowest priority.

As an HSP in the city, I learned to work with the noise and embrace it, like a swimmer floating along instead of fighting the current.

The more you try to “fit in” and hide your HSP needs, the more inauthentic you’ll feel — and it’ll only do more harm than good.

When discovering I’m an empath and HSP, I became an intuitive archaeologist, digging up why I felt the way I did, like how I’d absorb everyone’s emotions.

Perfectionism is like jet fuel for my anxiety. But what if HSPs can turn it into something that’s actually healthy?