It is not uncommon for people who are trying to find a place of peace within their bodies to struggle with feeling physically comfortable living in the body. It is a strange paradox that for most of us, society compels to constantly try to change our bodies while also pressuring us to believe that living life to the fullest requires being fully in touch with our physical bodies. When we first start to accept that perhaps we do not have to change our bodies in order to feel good about ourselves, there is a big “… now what?” situation that can occur. The goal of this post is to provide a few simple suggestions of first steps you can take to feel more comfortable in your physical body.

Travel is fun and most people say that they enjoy traveling, however for HSPs travel can be overstimulating and overwhelming. The chaotic nature of traveling, desire to plan the trip meticulously, and having to deal with unfamiliar environments can make travel feel challenging. I have personally experienced a good amount of anxiety around travel and wanted to put together a list of my go-to tips for managing the overwhelm.

The time of year has come that has folks feeling pressured to make New Years resolutions, which allegedly create long term, meaningful change in our lives! I imagine that most people have the experience of setting a resolution around this time of year and having it not exactly work out. Wanting to make change and not having it work can almost make you feel even worse than you would have if you had not tried to make any changes at all. The goal of this post is to offer you a few reframes around New Years resolutions and how to create sustainable change for yourself.

A common phenomena with therapy clients (especially those who are new to therapy) is that you get to session and then feel unsure about what to bring into the session. While your therapist should be able to provide you with a few prompts to get the juices flowing, I have noticed that this feeling of uncertainty, numbness, or blankness can often make it hard for folks to get through the initial discomfort of engaging in therapy. Below I will elaborate on some suggestions that I have for practices that you can try throughout the week that might provide you with an idea of what to bring into your session.

This post contains a list of gifts that HSPs may enjoy this holiday season (or any time of year, really). My hope is that you can use this list to pick out something thoughtful for the HSP in your life or that if you are an HSP yourself, you can use this list to find items that may soothe your mind and body. If you are an HSP who has loved ones asking what to get you, and coming up with an answer feels overwhelming, perhaps this guide can help you to more assertively give suggestions of gifts that may be appreciated.

Negative thoughts about ourselves are unfortunately, extremely common. Try as we might, traditional thought stopping skills will not always work to abolish these thoughts. I think coming into therapeutic work with the idea that a behavior or thought pattern can be completely extinguished is kind of setting yourself up to fail. Instead, let me offer some supportive reframes that might help you to manage thoughts of overwhelming negativity about yourself.