A Meditation of Hope and Love
It happened again and could have ruined the rest of my day. “It” being a daily bombardment of tragic news stories about the war in Ukraine…
Why I love labels; How we transcend them ~ after they helped us live more authentically.
Why Self-Identity? Why Labels? Why transcend them? “Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.” – Rachel Naomi Remen I have always loved labels, yet never knew why until […]
Top Ten Reasons to Have a HSP Dyad Partnership ~ (or a significant reciprocal relationship)
Note: A “dyad” in this instance is defined as: a pair; specifically, sociology : two individuals maintaining a sociologically significant relationship. With HSPs, a “dyad” can easily be expanded to include two or more individuals in a sociologically significant relationship — as is so uniquely, and beautifully co-created at the HSP Gathering Retreats, and on many […]
Spirituality and Empowerment: a unique connection
As we know, much in our world has changed since January 2020, which is why I believe the topic of spirituality and the importance of a spiritual practice are even more important as we all make our way through this unsettled and historical time brought about by so many external events beyond our immediate control. […]
Introversion, Extroversion and the Highly Sensitive Person
According to the documentary Sensitive: The Untold Story, there are 1.4 billion highly sensitive people (HSPs) in the world (15-20% of the population). As Elaine Aron’s research has shown, 30% of that 15-20% of the HSP population are sensitive extroverts – or approximately 420 million HSPs. Unfortunately, due in great part to social media and recent books […]
The HSP Subcultures : Diversity in our Tribe
By Jacquelyn Strickland, LPC (Revised August 2020) It was at 10th HSP Gathering Retreat™ in June of 2006 at Walker Creek Ranch, in Petaluma, California when I looked around the room and immediately sensed the connections and similarities we all shared as highly sensitive people. Yet, it was also quite obvious how different we each […]
Thriving as a Highly Sensitive Person
Thriving as a Highly Sensitive Personby Jacquelyn Strickland, LPC, HSP 1. Search for ways to live a balanced life, including spiritual, occupational, social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and creative. 2. Finding a creative outlet to express our deep perceptions of the world around us is crucial in supporting our unique HSP selves. 3. Examine all your […]
