How to Ground Yourself When You’re Feeling Overstimulated, Overwhelmed, or Down in the Dumps
Grounding rituals are simple exercises that help you focus on your physical environment and shed feelings of stress. Can they rescue you from overwhelm?
3 Things I Keep in My ‘HSP Mental Health Toolbox’
Since highly sensitive people get overstimulated so easily, it’s important to have an “HSP Mental Health Toolbox” at the ready, your go-to “tools” for when the going gets tough.
6 Steps to Channeling Your Sensitivity as a Power
“Sensitive” is another word for gifted. Here’s how to identify those gifts in yourself — and start using them.
Why Do So Many Highly Sensitive People Struggle with Social Anxiety?
Most HSPs avoid large social events. But when does a healthy preference for solitude stray into social anxiety?
Feeling Overwhelmed? Here’s How to Bring Back Your Calm — And Avoid a Spiral
Tensed muscles, racing heartbeat, maybe even tears. How do you stop this biological reaction to overwhelm without denying your emotions?
How Do You Stop Burnout as a Highly Sensitive Person?
Raise your hand if you feel called to help others. Now raise your other hand if you have difficulty caring for yourself.
What Do Sensitive Kids Need from Their Teachers to Succeed?
The most sensitive kids in your class have unique needs. Can meeting those needs turn them into high achievers?
How to Restore Balance as a Highly Sensitive Person
Highly sensitive people may feel like they’re on an emotional seesaw: overstimulated, understimulated, repeat. Here’s how to restore — and keep — a sense of balance.
How to Know Your Attachment Style as a Highly Sensitive Person — And Learn From It
Does understanding your attachment style give you a “master key” for the relationships in your life?
Are Highly Sensitive People Drawn to ASMR?
HSPs’ heightened senses enable them to better pick up on subtleties from ASMR, like the soothing sound of someone whispering.
7 Ways to Create Peace in Your Home as an HSP
For highly sensitive people, turning your home into a sanctuary is an art — and one of the most calming things you can do.
How to Heal Childhood Wounds When You’re Highly Sensitive
The key to healing childhood wounds as an HSP is to practice sitting with uncomfortable sensations or thoughts — but how do you make it emotionally safe to do so?