Embracing Your Sensitivity: Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Experience
Do you feel things more deeply than others? Struggle with loud environments or fast-paced living? You might be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)—a temperament trait found in 15–20% of the population. In this guide, we explore what it means to be highly sensitive, how it differs from other conditions like ADHD or autism, the emotional and creative gifts HSPs offer, and practical tools for parenting and supporting HSPs—both in childhood and adulthood. Sensitivity isn’t something to “fix”—it’s something to understand, honour, and embrace.
The Art of Flexible Boundaries: Finding the Distance to Love Yourself and Others
What does it mean to hold a boundary? When most of us think of boundaries, we picture a firm, unwavering line — a property fence, a set of rules, a series of “no”s. Boundaries, in the popular imagination, often appear inflexible. But what if boundaries are not static fences but rather dynamic points of engagement? What if we think of them not as fixed lines in the sand, but as living, breathing guides that shift with context and circumstance?