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…
Tag: Highly Sensitive Person
What is Sensory Processing Sensitivity?
When I first saw the term, “Sensory Processing Sensitivity” I looked straight past it. It was around 2011 when I had recently started reading about…
Do You Find It Unsettling To Feel “Seen” By Others?
I don’t know about you, but I find it strangely unsettling when I feel seen by the world around me. Have you ever had one…
Sensory Processing Sensitivity in Men (with Bill Allen)
I had the pleasure of speaking with Bill Allen in this episode of The Gentle Rebel Podcast. Bill is the author of Confessions of a…
Sensitivity, Masculinity, and Men’s Mental Wellbeing (with Tom Falkenstein)
I had the pleasure of speaking with Tom Falkenstein, psychotherapist and author of The Highly Sensitive Man, for an extended episode of The Gentle Rebel…
Choosing The Highly Sensitive Creative Life (with Jacob Nordby)
Recently on the Gentle Rebel Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jacob Nordby, author of Blessed Are the Weird. For highly sensitive people,…
Collective Narcissism and Highly Sensitive People
The term narcissism is thrown around frequently—often as a way to dismiss those who think differently or challenge our views. But while individual narcissism can…
How “Quiet People” are Often Misread and Misunderstood
If there’s one thing to know about quiet people, it’s that your first impression of them is probably wrong. Yet, if there’s one thing that…
High Sensitivity in The Workplace: Step Beyond The Stereotypes
In 2017, I interviewed someone about his journey to discovering that he is a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and how this insight transformed his experience…
The Quiet Sensitive Creative Revolution (with Louise Stigell)
In a world that often mistakes sensitivity for fragility, Louise Stigell—artist, writer, and founder of former Oh So Sensitive—offers a different narrative. Now writing under…