To get everything done, you become tethered to overwhelm, even when you don’t have to be. You believe that your worth is tied up in productivity and showing up at all costs to yourself. Highly sensitive people absolutely must reset and unhook from the stress, emotional worries, and overstimulating moments - the noisy open office we work in, kids running around the house, and constant pinging of email or phone notifications.  

There’s a hidden magic to being highly sensitive that most people don’t understand. HSPs have more capacity for positive experiences than the average person. Being touched deeply and profoundly counteracts the difficult parts of being more impacted by stress and overwhelm. The path to bliss is actually just as short as the path to overwhelm! 

Have you ever felt so angry that you wanted to scream or break something?  Instead of being curious about where anger is coming from, HSPs often push away intense feelings of anger out of guilt or worry that they need to be kind and gentle.  Anger is an important messenger and often shows up when we’re overstimulated, there’s an injustice, or boundaries are broken. 

What might be available if you listened to your own needs more often? Less overwhelm, more energy, more joy and fulfillment, strong intuition, better sleep, less guilt.  When you begin to recognize the value that your sensitivity brings, you can begin to access more of what your sensitivity has to offer and less of the burdens that come from living a non-HSP lifestyle.    

For highly sensitive people, boundaries can feel intimidating, scary, unfamiliar, and bring up feelings of guilt. If you haven’t built a strong relationship with boundaries yet, slowly ease into the practice setting clear limits - with yourself and others. This will preserve your downtime and ultimately strengthen your relationships.

What if you could do less and honor your needs to recharge more as a highly sensitive person? The best part is that it only takes a little something for a highly sensitive person to fill up with the same amount of joy as a non-HSP. Being so highly perceptive and a big feeler, you not only notice the little things around you, but you get to deeply experience them. It’s okay to listen inward and hibernate in bed when you need to.