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Wellbeing
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.
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…
Is an Energy Vampire Draining Your Creative Spirit?
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…
Find Glimmers Using Your Inspiratory System
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…
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…
Building Habits by Starting Slow and Small
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…
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…
Chasing The Mirage – You Don’t Have To Drink The Whole River
There is an old story that tells of a person wandering on a hot day. After a while, they became overcome by thirst and began…
Making Peace With Our Internal Abandoned Villages
Many of us move around life carrying all sorts of abandoned hopes, relationships, and projects. If we don’t make peace with them they can weigh…
Transactional Analysis and High Sensitivity (with John Perry)
In transactional analysis, the saying “You can’t make choices that don’t occur to you” highlights the importance of awareness in decision-making. This simple phrase hit…
Heart Hunters of the World, Create!
Note from Andy: Massive thank you to Zoie Holzknecht for sharing this post with us. It’s for the heart hunters of the world! “Thoth, the…