My experience as a highly sensitive Latina is different from what you might expect — and sheds light on the struggles that all HSPs deal with, regardless of race.

Being an HSP is not the same as having a chronic illness, but it is something that is a preset deep within your body and cannot be ignored.

As a highly sensitive extrovert, I’ll need alone time to feed my sensitive side, yet I’ll also need people time to feed my extrovert one.

Little-known fact: You can’t feel overstimulated and playful at the same time.

I’ve come to realize that I’d always been sensitive — I just didn’t know how to identify it before. Now I know I’m an HSP. So what now?

When highly sensitive people feel overwhelmed, the goal is to take care of our bodies, so our bodies take care of us.

Highly sensitive people can be introverts or extroverts, but big groups of people overload us either way. So how should you cope?

How you recognize, and use, your highly sensitive qualities will have a direct impact on your mornings. Here’s how.

Characteristics of India don’t immediately scream “HSP-friendly” — but I soon found it plays more to my sensitive strengths than not.

Highly sensitive people usually have a hard time saying “no” — but there are certain things they should be saying “yes” to more than others.

I wanted to see what happens when you give highly sensitive people their own peaceful space. The results were eye-opening.

Here’s how your sensitivity can guide you more — let it be in the driver’s seat instead of shoving it in the back seat.