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Do you sometimes wonder ‘why am I so sensitive?’ or ‘how can I be less sensitive?’.

Have your strong emotions left you exhausted and thinking there’s something wrong with you?

Are you tired of people telling you that you’re “too” something – analytical, caring, intense, much?

If any of these ring true, you might be what’s called a ‘Highly Sensitive Person‘ (HSP).

If you are, this website aims to help you understand and embrace your sensitivity rather than fight it.

And to recognise and enjoy its gifts, and manage its challenges.

The website might also help people who already know they’re an HSP feel less alone.

And the non-HSPs in your life understand you better.

I hope you feel it’s worth a look around.

One paradox, one surprising statistic

Being a Highly Sensitive Person is a curious thing.

It can feel like your sensitivity is the root of so many difficulties and judgements. Something to change or hide or apologise for.

Yet that same sensitivity is your gift – the essence of who you are and what you bring to the world.

And you’re not alone. It’s estimated that 1 in 5 people are HSPs.

Doesn’t that feel different? Still a minority but not the tribe of one you may have been thinking.

Are you an HSP?

Are you someone who does things ‘deeply’ – like feel, think, process, care, connect, hurt?
Do you notice details and nuances that others don’t register or think are important?

Have you thought that others seem to cope more easily with life?
Or been told you need to “toughen up” or “grow a thicker skin”?

Are you highly attuned to, and affected by, others’ emotions?
Yet often feel misunderstood or out of sync?

If you recognise any of these then you might be an HSP.

This website can help you decide…

A new perspective

Most HSPs have spent a lifetime trying to change or get rid of their sensitivity.

But, as you probably know, that doesn’t work, however hard you try. Because you can’t just switch off what’s naturally you.

The truth is being highly sensitive is your difference not your flaw, your gift not your shame.

Understanding that changes everything – because you’ve probably only seen or focused on the negatives before.

I say this as an HSP myself and, far more importantly, as a retired counsellor who worked with countless HSPs.

Most didn’t realise they were highly sensitive, and told me discovering they were was …

“life-changing”

“transformative”

and that it

“finally makes sense of me and my life.”

What can change?

This new perspective can unlock so many benefits:

  • an end to the constant conflict between you and your sensitivity
  • more energy (now it’s not used in that relentless inner battle)
  • more clarity about who you are and what you want from life
  • more capacity to manage life’s other challenges
  • better relationships
  • more fun
  • a turbo boost to the power and potential you’ve always had

What now?

Let’s walk awhile together as you look around the website.

I hope it can give you a surer sense of yourself, who you are at heart and what can be better for you.

Because you deserve to walk in the world as your truly authentic – and highly sensitive – self.

And to be free of the doubts that may have been holding you back.

After all, who needs angst when you could have freedom!

It really is a game-changer to let being highly sensitive be the answer not the problem.

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