Embracing our sensitivity can make it a strength instead of a weakness Up to 20% of the population are considered to be ‘highly sensitive.’ High sensitivity isn’t a psychological weakness, but is an innate trait…the brains of highly sensitive people are actually wired differently to others. Psychologist Elaine N. Aron coined the phrase the Highly Sensitive Person, and…
Like all people, I experience a range of emotions, some high and some low. At this point in my life, I’ve learned how to raise my vibration deliberately, and I am pretty good at hanging around in happiness for longer periods of time, but I’ve noticed my mind plays tricks on me when I’m in the lower…
Article from Body Mind Soul Spirit. Adapted from Dr. Judith Orloff’s New York Times Bestseller, Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life (Three Rivers Press, 2011) Empaths are highly sensitive, finely tuned instruments when it comes to emotions. They feel everything, sometimes to an extreme, and are less apt to intellectualize feelings.…
Andrée Laplante of Awakening People writes: If you find that you are getting more sensitive to what goes on in your life and in the world, you sometimes feel overwhelmed to the point you don’t recognize yourself and wish you had stayed in bed, you are not alone! Like everyone on this planet right now,…
Christina Sarich of The Mind Unleashed writes: The shunning of feelings, especially in Westernized culture, has left a deep scar in our psyches. Some of the most profound therapy for the spirit comes from truly experiencing our emotions, so how do we heal when we simply can’t feel? Ironically, to ‘shun’ our feelings leaves our…
Joost Lekkerkerker of My Empowered World writes: The emotional film reveals how, by opening up and embracing one’s vulnerabilities, relationships may be strengthened. It can be difficult to live with unspoken truths, but it can be even more painful to express those hidden revelations to close friends and family members. Because the task of ‘opening up’…