Understanding your sensitive self
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.
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. […]
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! […]
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.” […]
Sometimes, as highly sensitive people, we might find it hard to get our needs met. We might feel very different from others. We might sometimes feel like we are on the outside, looking in. We might think that no one hears us or understands the intensity of our emotions.