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Society and Culture
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Articles, discussions, and resources about the intersection of culture and high sensitivity. Exploring how we can use high sensitivity and creativity to change the world around us, and the impact of an insensitive world on our collective human nervous system.
If Everything is Borrowed…
“Nobody really owns anything. We give back our bodies at the end of our lives. We own our thoughts, but everything else is just borrowed.”…
Finding Belonging Through Our Ordinary Weirdness
“Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, and troubadours, for they teach us to see the world through different eyes.” – Jacob…
Finding Space For Deep Processing In a Shallow World
Deep processing is a core aspect of high sensitivity. But processing is an important thing for all of us to do. And it’s not easy…
Unwanted Change and Collective Grief
Unwanted change is an inescapable and challenging fact of life. Change comes in different forms. There is the kind that occurs because time delivers us…
Are There Links Between High Sensitivity and Narcissism?
I was unsurprised to see researchers looking for links between high sensitivity and vulnerable narcissism. I’ve been anticipating something like this for a while. “Do…
Is The Pressure To Perform, Killing Your Creative Core?
This is a guest post by Elena Thomas. After a recent conversation, I invited Elena to share her experiences as an artist and songwriter dealing…
Ever Wish You Could Stop Time? Embracing The Inevitability of Change
There are three types of change in life. First; there’s the kind we know is coming but can’t stop. Secondly; the kind we make happen…
How to Stop Being Introverted
“How can I stop being so introverted? Any advice would be very welcome.” I was asked this question for the first time a few years…
Doing Gentle With an Edge (with Helena Roth)
When I sat down to speak with Helena Roth, I had a sense that our conversation would drift and weave through the deeper threads of…
Are You Overwhelmed By Too Much Information?
The past few years have carried an exceptionally concentrated flow of difficult news. It can feel like too much information to hold at any one…