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#HighlySensitivePeople: Are your choices feeding your happiness or draining your spirit?

Post category:Happiness

Are your choices feeding your happiness or draining your spirit? As highly sensitive people, we often feel deeply, reflect often, and notice nuances others might overlook. This sensitivity gives us a profound ability to evaluate whether our actions align with our values and contribute to our well-being. But here’s a gentle nudge: are you using that gift to cultivate your happiness? Happiness isn’t some elusive trait we’re born with or without. It’s built from the choices we make each day. As HSPs, our intuition is a powerful guide. We have the ability to sense the ripple effects—both uplifting and draining—of our decisions. Are you listening to what your intuition is trying to tell you? Here are a few thoughts on how we, as HSPs, can…

#HighlySensitivePeople: More tips on how to cope with the holidays. (Part 4)

Post category:Stress

Here are more tips on how to cope with the holidays. Past Regrets As the year closes, we may take stock of the past months and feel bad about unfulfilled goals. Perhaps you didn't lose the weight or get the promotion you had wanted. While it's great to have high expectations, understand that goals are not always met within your planned time frame. Rather than feeling down, take this time to re-evaluate. Why didn't these things get done? Are these goals still important? If so, what could you do differently in the New Year to meet them? Regroup and re-energize by focusing on the future rather than lamenting the past! Be good to yourself this holiday season and do all that you can to manage…

#HighlySensitivePeople: Do you have seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?

Post category:Wellness

As a highly sensitive person, I have to be aware of the symptoms of seasonal affective disorder. Each winter, 500,000 people in the United States are said to become depressed and suffer from seasonal affective disorder or SAD, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. The cause of this disorder is the decrease in the amount of available daytime light, an amount that drops from the long days of summer months.

It’s not the lack of light that causes a drop in mood specifically, it’s how that drop in light causes reactions in the body. Research from the Mayo Clinic suggests that lack of light can do one of three things in the body to cause depression. (more…)

#HighlySensitivePeople: Do you need some inspiration?

Post category:Inspirational Information

As a highly sensitive person, I love reading inspirational quotes, especially when I’m feeling discouraged! Below are some quotes that resonate with me. It’s too bad they are all anonymous quotes, since I’d love to give credit for all of this great advice!

Just know, when you truly want success, you’ll never give up on it. No matter how bad the situation may get.
If it’s meant to be, it’s up to me to make it happen.
Good things come to those who wait… greater things come to those who get off their ass and do anything to make it happen.
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