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Relationships

Welcome to the Haven Library Relationships Archive

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Articles, discussions, and resources exploring the joys and challenges of navigating interpersonal relationships as highly sensitive people.

A Book For Sensitive Children (with Judith Orloff)

Tue October 7, 2025
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In this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, I speak with psychiatrist and author Dr Judith Orloff about her new book, The Highly Sensitive Rabbit.…

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Awareness and Alertness: How the Soundtrack of Our Nervous System Shapes Our Reality

Sat September 20, 2025
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In the main episode this week, we explored the links between hypervigilance and high sensitivity. In this supplementary private podcast, we are digging deeper into…

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Icebreakers and Social Sensitivity

Sun June 15, 2025
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“Let’s go around the room and introduce ourselves with your name and something interesting about you”. Does that icebreaker moment fill you with joy? If…

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What is a Gentle Rebel?

Fri January 5, 2024
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Gentleness is an act of rebellion in a hostile world. But what does it mean to be a “gentle rebel”?

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Who Can We Trust?

Fri October 20, 2023
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When navigating a season or environment of change, we need things we can trust. But what does it mean to trust someone or something? Where…

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The Haven Phrasebook

Wed August 2, 2023
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As a community grows, a shared language naturally emerges. Here you will find definitions for some of the words you might come across around here.

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Embracing The Space Between Us (with Brigid Russell)

Fri July 21, 2023
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“If we are going to understand and appreciate each other’s differences, then we need to be able to trust the space between us.” Charlie Jones…

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Book Club | The Courage To Be Disliked (Kishimi and Koga)

Fri May 5, 2023
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We recently finished reading The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness by Kishimi and Koga in…

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How Cold Bucket Criticism Extinguishes Joy and Creativity (Sound Anchor)

Tue March 28, 2023
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In her book, You Don’t Owe Anyone; Caroline Garnet-McGraw tells the story of a “Cold Bucket Experience” when she had just finished her first dance…

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Do You Want To Be More Spontaneous?

Sat March 18, 2023
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Are you spontaneous? Can you go with the flow when plans change or if something catches your attention and invites you to follow it? In…

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