Resources to inspire, equip, and encourage gentle rebels, deep thinkers, and highly sensitive people
Essays and Articles
An archive of written posts exploring themes and topics through the lens of high sensitivity and creativity.
Is Something Holding You Back?
Join me on Saturday April 4th 2026 for a mini-zine making workshop around this theme of Expressing Your True Colours. What stops people expressing themselves…
Finding Ourselves in the Fog of a Hundred Shades of Beige
If you’ve looked up stuff about the trait of high sensitivity online, you’ve probably been confronted by a sea of pastel colours and a hundred…
HSP Colour Swatches
Are you a highly sensitive person? Do you ever hide or tone down your colours for others? As we begin our ‘true colours’ season, I…
True Colours (Season Theme)
What do you think of when you hear the words “True Colours“? Exposing True Colours To say that something or someone has shown their true…
7 Reasons to Start Drawing
I’m holding something very exciting in my hands. A physical copy of Sam Marshall’s beautiful book, Sketch: A Project Guide to Drawing With Confidence. Sam…
How To Contribute To The Zine
Would you like to contribute to the zine? I would love to have you on board the next issue of Coming To Our Senses! Whether…
When a Man Has Thunketh Too Much, Play He Must (Live Music)
I made a last-minute decision to play some songs in this week’s Kota. I needed to play after a lot of time thinking about thinking…
We Are More Than Our Thoughts
“A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.” – James Allen (As a Man Thinketh) I’ve…
Do you notice connections between unlikely things?
One of the defining traits of sensory processing sensitivity is being sensitive to subtleties. This might mean a highly sensitive person notices fine details and…
Exploring the History of Self-Help and the Rise of a Global Industry
I’m starting a project exploring the history of self-help; where the ideas came from, how they’ve changed over time, and what they mean for us…