Are Psychiatrists Crazy?
“You look great! You look good!” I’m new to finding a Therapist and I’m sitting across from a Psychiatrist I haven’t met before. I’ve just related what therapies I’ve been researching that I think would be helpful. Her response is…
An HSP on What Strength Means
It feels like a splintered wooden skewer is winding its way up, slowly and methodically piercing through my intestines as it insinuates its way toward my throat. I’d been gazing out the bus window lost in reverie but have been…
An HSP on Giving Ourselves Permission: Sensitivity and Creativity
I often buy books for my children I love, or books that I want to read but haven’t yet. A couple of years ago I bought my son “Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking” by…
Creativity and the HSP
Most, if not all, HSPs are creative. We have found it to be a great outlet for our feelings. Our emotions. Many of us create to show the depths of our soul. To express the immense emotion living inside us.…
Vantage Sensitivity: A Compass for HSPs
I found out I had the HSP Trait about 3 years ago now and learning I had it was like finding a long lost treasure. Like finding the last puzzle piece to a 500,000 piece puzzle that I’d been working…
Seeing Beneath the Surface
HSP’s are quirky people. We color outside of the lines when it comes to meeting stereotypes and expectations. The difference is because we look beneath the surface and react accordingly. For the Highly Sensitive, awareness is a whole different ball…
Want to Boost your Creativity? Try a Dream Practice
Do you ever have one of those Ah-ha! moments when you listen to a podcast? I’d like to share with you one I had recently that led me to a new practice. In a recent SuperSoul conversation with Deepak Chopra,…
How HSPs Can Use Courage and Creative Self-Expression to Invite Connection
Life’s ups and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. – Marsha Sinetra Lately, I’ve been having a great time discussing courage,…
What I Ask Myself When I Start a New Creative Project
I’m building a city. With art deco skyscrapers, department stores, busy streets and old-fashioned trolleys darting around, all within a 5-foot by 5-foot space. It’s part of my favorite creative project, a model railroad that I’ve been working on for…
The Dance Between Our Vocation and Our Art
Regardless of the endeavor, as Highly Sensitive people it isn’t what we do but how we do it which leaves our Art on the world around us. We are about two miles into an early morning long run when Maddie…
A Place for Highly Sensitives
