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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Interview | Carrie McCarthy

Thursday, October 30, 2008

In her search for both beauty and meaning in her interior design work, Carrie developed a process called Style Statement to help her know her clients better, and to help her clients know themselves better. Then she met Danielle LaPorte, who loved the Style Statement concept and had a background in media and communications, and […]

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Curious Curators

Monday, October 27, 2008

For whatever reasons, there are bodies of knowledge that attract, pieces and patterns that captivate us completely while other people pass blindly by. There is expertise that finds us if we let ourselves be. It’s not about discovering a unique way to profit. It’s about being real and happy, and who knows what may happen […]

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Power to the Peepholes

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

High sensitivity can feel like being plugged into an electric current of awareness, like having non-optional X-ray goggles on. During the staff meeting, it’s obvious that she’s pissed off about something, he’s stealth-bullying the new receptionist, and those three know a secret. At the restaurant, that boy is scared of his mother, the couple in […]

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Crying and Staying

Monday, October 20, 2008

One of the ways overstimulation overflows is through crying. Sometimes too much emotion, too much stress, too much too muchness wells up and out come the tears. What do you do then, particularly if other people are around? My friend Kay doesn’t do much at all. I didn’t know Kay very well the first time […]

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Secret Spaces

Thursday, October 16, 2008

“It’s like that secret place you had as a kid, where you could say whatever bubbled into your mind and not worry about what anyone thought…. When you went to your secret place, you had no fear. Try to remember the worlds you created there. Try to recall the heroic roles you invented for yourself, […]

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Herbal Pharmacy

Monday, October 13, 2008

What do you turn to when your body hurts and you want relief? The options are vast, even for healing aids addressing the most basic ailments and discomforts. When our highly sensitive natures craves simplicity and gentle solutions, the following products (none of which I am paid to promote) may help. They’re the most commonly […]

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Books | Joyful Self-Employment

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

The highly sensitive people I know who are thriving are all self-employed. Is this a coincidence? Maybe. But maybe not. Self-employment has a lot to offer HSPs, and many of our innate tendencies make us suited for taking up the reins of our own business. Self-employment doesn’t need to be a gigantic, red-tape-festooned, complicated step. […]

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Avoid the Rush – Finish Last

Monday, October 6, 2008

So much about western culture is about speed, about pushing through. Getting ahead. Being the best. Breaking records. Making it to the top. Getting there first. Sod it. I’ve got a first-class ticket to the back of the line, and that’s where you’ll find me. I’ll be the one hanging out on the little porch […]

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Joy Detective

Thursday, October 2, 2008

A few days ago, on our way up into southern British Columbia’s Fraser River valley, my husband and I peered out the bus windows into the steep ravine as we curled along the road, the mountains towering above us. Suddenly, Michael’s posture straightened, his face lit up, he pointed and said, “Look! A train! See […]

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