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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.

7 Obstacles That Can Stop Us From Asking For Help

Fri September 30, 2022
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How do you feel about asking for help? Since 2014 one of my most popular posts was about why introverts and highly sensitive people might…

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What Can You Do If You Feel Like You’re Drifting Through Life?

Fri September 23, 2022
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Sometimes drift comes through the endless pursuit of goals we hope will make us happy. Or it might come as we passively float along the…

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Unwanted Change and Collective Grief

Thu September 15, 2022
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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…

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Is The Pressure To Perform, Killing Your Creative Core?

Mon August 29, 2022
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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…

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Ever Wish You Could Stop Time? Embracing The Inevitability of Change

Fri August 26, 2022
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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…

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How to Stop Being Introverted

Thu August 11, 2022
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“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…

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Is an Energy Vampire Draining Your Creative Spirit?

Thu August 4, 2022
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The energy vampire is an internal passenger. We all have a version of one inside us. This little character had a pretty big role when…

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Find Glimmers Using Your Inspiratory System

Fri July 8, 2022
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The idea of the inspiratory system reminds us that inspiration is a lot like breath. The word “inspiration” comes from the same place as respiration…

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Doing Gentle With an Edge (with Helena Roth)

Wed July 6, 2022
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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…

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Building Habits by Starting Slow and Small

Fri June 24, 2022
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There is a huge amount about the topic of habits and I don’t want to regurgitate what is already out there. So in this week’s…

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