As a quiet HSP who gets overwhelmed by external stimuli — from background noise to someone’s strong perfume — verbal communication can be a struggle. Here’s how you can change that.

Codependency can begin in childhood, when HSP kids tune into the energy of their parents and adjust their own.

If you find it difficult to move on with your day after you’ve encountered someone in turmoil, it’s likely that you’re a highly sensitive person.

Not all therapists have had highly sensitive patients before. Here’s what you can do to make sure your treatment is a positive, helpful force in your life.

Highly sensitive people possess powerful strengths. But in order to access those strengths, they must live a lifestyle that’s aligned with their needs.

Here are some of the challenges I’ve experienced as an HSP who deals with chronic procrastination, plus five tips I’ve learned that help tame it.

Thanks to the highly sensitive person’s extraordinarily responsive nervous system, the barrage of polarizing news has left many of us emotionally raw.

Sadly, many highly sensitive people feel like something’s wrong with them. They’ve been told they’re “too needy” or “too emotional.”

The highly sensitive soul craves quiet and simplicity. These four ideas will help you declutter your home and simplify your life.

Many highly sensitive people struggle with people-pleasing. But we simply cannot be in charge of everyone else’s emotions.

Travel is supposed to be magical. But if you’re a highly sensitive person, travel is often the opposite: one big source of stress and overwhelm.

For highly sensitive people, criticism isn’t something they can just “shrug off.” Here’s why, plus tips from a therapist to take criticsm less personally.