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Two Years Later

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

I started creating this website within days of being laid off from a job I loved, in May of 2008. I’d been thinking of the website for a while and suddenly, unexpectedly, I had lots of free time to bring it to life, as I processed the lay-off and considered what to do next for […]

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Ode to Non-HSP Friends

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

My non-HSP friends help me in ways that make my life easier, like when … They cut to the chase and instantly see two options I can choose from rather than the 3,327 options I had been grappling with. I’m so thankful then because I suddenly see how to take action. They tease me about […]

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June HSP Gathering

Friday, March 26, 2010

One of the earliest articles I wrote on Highly Sensitive Power was about HSP Gatherings. It’s now almost two years later and I’ll be attending one in a few months, right here on the little island in British Columbia where I live. Jacquelyn Strickland, the mastermind behind the HSP Retreat Gatherings, hosted a Gathering here […]

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Working with a Sensitive Professional

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

What’s it like to work with a highly sensitive professional? My own experiences have been marvellous and life-changing. The flurry of activity Jenna Avery and I are in the thick of as we bring The Sensitive Professionals Network further into the public eye offer a good example. When Jenna and I work together, I relax […]

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Will You Give Us Your Input?

Friday, March 19, 2010

Dear Sensitive Soul, If you have your own business or have considered starting one (frankly, as a highly sensitive person, that’s a great way to go), you may have bumped into some challenges along the way about how to get the word out about the work you love. Jenna Avery and I are in the […]

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A Bespoke Life

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

What’s it like to wear a bespoke suit, a suit custom-made to fit me and only me? I want a life like that. I want a plan, a pattern, a path that takes into consideration all the weird, unruly, shocking, steadfast little and big things that combine to shape me. But how? “The word bespoke […]

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How to Keep a Friend

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Start with the first step. Proceed. Make a new friend. Spend time together. Be your true self, especially when it’s difficult. Disagree. Let them go. Figure out how to soothe yourself. Welcome them back. Willingly fall further into friendship’s gooey centre. Copy what you envy. Forget who’s who. Draw a line. Notice recurring border skirmishes. […]

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Letter to a Younger Self

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Dear Gracie, I’m heading into triple digits in a few months and that’s got me thinking about you, back there at the halfway mark. Don’t worry. No need to roll your eyes in anticipation of receiving Precious Life Lessons from your aged future self. Rather the opposite, in fact. I’d like to ask you a […]

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Style Statement Relaunches

Friday, January 15, 2010

My dear friend and fellow highly sensitive person Carrie McCarthy has just relaunched her Style Statement website to deliver more great information about being all you, all the time. I love Carrie’s unending, enthusiastic confidence that everyone is capable of homing in on what’s meaningful and beautiful and personal. Her message is to figure out […]

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The Sustainable World of Me

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Saving the world is good. (Duh.) But we can’t do it if we’re dead. Or lying on the floor in a puddle of half-checked to-do lists. Or transfixed by the three-digit number of unread emails. Or brow-beating ourselves for being in debt or fat or lonely or dorky. The first world to make sustainable is […]

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Let’s Cerebrate!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

If socializing in a party setting doesn’t come easily to you, you still have options other than staying home – options which include being yourself. To cerebrate means to use the mind, to think or to think about. Rather than psyching yourself up to be a party animal, consider musing your way through the festivities. […]

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Caring for Your Introvert

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Thanks to Andrea for telling me about the article “Caring for Your Introvert,” by Jonathan Rauch, published in March of 2003 in The Atlantic, a major North American magazine whose target audience is “thought leaders” and whose tag line is “Think. Again.” Rauch is funny and perceptive. His message of empowerment is basically the same […]

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Where Science Meets Spirit

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

While doing online research for upcoming posts in my 5 Senses series, I came across The Archives of Scientists’ Transcendent Experiences (TASTE). Created by Charles T. Tart, one of the founders of Transpersonal Psychology, TASTE provides sceintists with a way to give voice to their unusual experiences with the transcendent in a way that preserves […]

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Book | Glimmer

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

My copy of Warren Berger’s book bristles with Post-It Notes. Its full title is Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Life, Your Business, and Maybe Even the World and it features the visionary ideas of Bruce Mau, along with other designers and thinkers on the topic. I’m forcing myself to stop at page 50 and […]

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Woman of the Week Series

Friday, October 9, 2009

Dolly Hopkins, Creative Architect, started a great series on her site called “Woman of the Week.” I’m grateful and honoured to have been asked to participate. Reading about the women she’s put the spotlight on makes me feel doubly honoured — they’re a varied bunch who take lots of different approaches to creativity and get […]

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