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Welcome to the Haven Library Wellbeing Archive

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Articles, discussions, and resources to help support different areas of personal wellbeing and our relationship with the nervous system through a highly sensitive lens.

Responding to the Contagion of Burnout Energy

Thu January 22, 2026

I saw a reel earlier that made me notice how burnout spreads. An entrepreneurial self-help influencer told followers to demand more power, money, and visibility…

Choose Your Own Price Coaching – What I’ve Learned and Why I Still Do It

Sun December 21, 2025

I realised earlier this week that it’s been three years since I first adopted a “choose your own price” model for Pick The Lock coaching…

The hope kills us…sometimes

Tue December 16, 2025

There is the kind of hope that sustains and the kind that exhausts. As I write this, we are in the middle of an Ashes…

No Missing Parts (with Justin Sunseri)

Fri November 28, 2025

I’ve noticed Internal Family Systems (IFS) being mentioned a lot lately, following a significant shift in how it’s now presented as a spiritual philosophy for…

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

Sat September 20, 2025

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…

Hypervigilance and High Sensitivity (The HSP Owner’s Guide)

Sat September 20, 2025

In this week’s episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, we look at the relationship between sensory processing sensitivity and hypervigilance. As we finish our journey…

In defence of “wasting” time

Sun August 24, 2025

Are you worn out by the pressure to be useful, always working to prove your worth through productivity? I saw this post on Threads a…

Overstimulation and High Sensitivity (The HSP Owner’s Guide)

Fri August 22, 2025

This post elaborates on the ‘overstimulation’ section of The HSP Owner’s Guide. In this week’s episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast, we look at the…

Social Sensitivity and The Highly Sensitive Person (The HSP Owner’s Guide)

Fri May 23, 2025

Have you ever been in a room and sensed social dynamics beneath the surface before a word was spoken? Perhaps you’ve noticed (consciously or unconsciously)…

Differential Susceptibility (The HSP Owner’s Guide)

Fri April 18, 2025

This post elaborates on the sensitivity research section of The HSP Owner’s Guide. Differential susceptibility is a key concept in high-sensitivity research. In simple terms,…

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