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Highly Sensitive Person Articles

Explore expert-written articles on being a highly sensitive person for emotional balance, coping strategies, recovery, and overall wellness.

Learn to Thrive as a Highly Sensitive Person (Part 3): Creativity

(see earlier articles: Learning to Thrive as an HSP Part 1, Part 2, The Impact of Stress on the Highly Sensitive Person) This is one of a series of blog posts about my experience working with Highly Sensitive People (HSP’s). In my naturopathic practice, I’ve noticed that HSP’s can be

Learn to Thrive as a Highly Sensitive Person (Part 2): Meditation

This is the third in a series of blog posts exploring my experience in working with the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) in my naturopathic practice. In the first article, I pondered why stress might have a greater impact on HSP’s than non-HSPs and suggested some treatment options. They can certainly

Learn to Thrive as a Highly Sensitive Person (Part 1)

As a naturopathic doctor, I see quite a number of patients who identify as Highly Sensitive (or HSP) – people who get easily overwhelmed by stimuli, and are more susceptible to the effects of life stress (see previous article “The Impact of Stress on the Highly Sensitive Person”) In these

Impacts of Stress on the Highly Sensitive Person

I’m not going out on a limb when I say that North American urban culture is a stressful one. Many of us are working longer hours than 20 years ago with less time for relaxation; and couples are now expected to both hold down a full time job plus spend