The Healing Power of Photography (with Tuula Ahde)
What do the photographs you take and choose to share say about you? What might your photos be saying TO you? I wonder if you’ve…
7 Ways to Recharge When You’re Feeling Drained of Social Energy
Social energy is the fuel that helps us connect with the world around us. It expands when we are physically, emotionally, and creatively rested and…
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…
7 Obstacles That Can Stop Us From Asking For Help
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…
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…
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…
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…