Living as an HSP is not easy, and each day can be exhausting. But adopting an anxious dog has proven to be therapeutic for my sensitive soul.

When you hit your 30s, chances are your priorities will change, making it easier to see the upside of…

When you live life through your subconscious mind — which absorbs experiences like a sponge — it can make it easier for unhealthy patterns to continue.

For HSPs, spirituality can involve so much more than belonging to a church. It simply means connecting with something higher than ourselves.

You have a highly tuned nervous system that can pick up on subtleties (i.e., danger) that others may miss.

When you’re an HSP dealing with a difficult family member, treating your interaction like a work meeting can help keep the peace.

An overloaded nervous system can cause many symptoms that practitioners might misinterpret and misdiagnose — so it’s important to be open about being an HSP.

As HSPs, it’s easy to seek our own value in the opinions of others — and end up feeling inadequate or judged. Here’s how to change that.

One way to stop taking things personally as an HSP is to ask yourself if what someone did or said is rooted in facts — or is it just your interpretation?

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

Writing daily gratitude lists and creating a therapeutic environment I can retreat to are just two ways I soothe my highly sensitive side.

You’re a human tuning fork: you can pick up on how someone feels before they even realize they’re feeling that way.