Archives for September 2016

Highly Sensitive People and the Need for Beauty

September 30, 2016 By: Ritu Kaushalcomment

If you are a sensitive soul, you probably have a deep need for beauty. You are nourished by every experience that seems to touch the edges of mystery. The same high sensitivity that can sometimes feel so hard and painful then becomes a portal into the deep rhythms of the world.

But, and this is a big but, having a need for beauty can sound superficial. It goes against a lot of the puritanical conditioning we are fed. We are supposed to work hard, with our noses at the grindstone. Hankering after beauty feels like such a waste of time. Is it even a real need? […]

Are you a highly sensitive person who finds it hard to meditate?

September 24, 2016 By: Ritu Kaushalcomment

What we sometimes think of as meditation – bringing the attention to the breath, being a silent witness to our thoughts, is often hard to do. It seems like another thing to strive towards, and to maybe fail at, and then feel bad about. Sometimes, when we looking for ways to quiet our mind or to calm down, what we are looking for is some comfort and compassion.

Many of us find that hard to give to ourselves.

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Highly Sensitive People and Trauma: Help from Syma Kharal of Flourishing Goddess

September 17, 2016 By: Ritu Kaushalcomment

I have been thinking of many things lately, one of which is highly sensitive people and how trauma affects them. Someone wrote to me recently asking me to write an article about it. I have also been reading more feminist literature lately as I think about my own place in the world as a woman (that dreaded, misread F word just means that we are all human beings and are entitled to equal rights and responsibilities.) I have been thinking about how much I need affirmative words and how insensitive words hurt me to the core. Negative words feel almost like an action to me. Their energy jumps out so. Affirming, life giving words are like balm on a wound.

This week, I want to introduce you to someone whose words and work, both, are healing. I came across Syma Kharal’s youtube channel recently. Syma is a Sacred Feminine Coach and Spiritual Healer. She is also a highly sensitive soul. […]

Interview with Sensitive Visionary Andy Mort, founder of Sheep Dressed Like Wolves

September 8, 2016 By: Ritu Kaushalcomment

This interview is with Andy Mort, the founder of Sheep Dressed Like Wolves (www.sheepdressedlikewolves.com) and The Haven (the-haven.co), which are communities for introverts and highly sensitive people who want to make a creative and gentle impact on our noisy world.

Andy is also a talented songwriter. He has been making music and performing as Atlum Schema (atlumschema.com) for over ten years and has released four studio albums.

In this interview, Andy shares his insights on how sensitive creatives can bring their light into the world. I learnt from Andy’s answers and I think, you will too! […]

How the Knife of Perfectionism Kills your Sensitive Spirit

September 8, 2016 By: Ritu Kaushal2 Comments

This morning, I read something on the lovely Brainpickings website by the fierce and kind Pema Chodron that highly sensitive people like us need to think about. This is what she says: “The problem is that the desire to change is fundamentally a form of aggression toward yourself. The other problem is that our hangups, unfortunately or fortunately, contain our wealth. Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom.” […]