Vibrant Days – May 2023
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity April 2023 Choose joy. Choose it like a child chooses the shoe to put on the right foot, the crayon to paint a sky. Choose it at first consciously, effortfully, pressing against the weight of a world heavy with reasons for sorrow, restless with need for action. Feel […]
Vibrant Days – April 2023
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity April 2023 Things I’m thinking about these days: There are many gifts embedded in being highly sensitive. Each thought I think holds momentum. I am not responsible for anyone else’s insides, only my own. Being in Nature is really good for me. I was created for connection. There […]
Vibrant Days – March 2023
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity March 2023 The Enkindled Spring By D.H. Lawrence This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green, Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes, Thorn-blossom lifting in wreaths of smoke between Where the wood fumes up and the watery, flickering rushes. I am amazed at this […]
Vibrant Days – February 2023
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity February 2023 Calm is Overrated By Kim Barthel “Regulation (of the nervous system) does not mean to calm; it means to connect.” – Lisa Dion The term “regulation” has become an everyday word, used liberally to describe the perception of a person’s behavioural state. For example, when […]
Vibrant Days – January 2023
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity January 2023 In last month’s newsletter I mentioned my new habit of viewing my sensitivity as an asset. This has raised my sense of well-being and helped clarify when to redirect my focus. It sounds so easy, doesn’t it? It can be. This act also supports the powerful […]
Vibrant Days – December 2022
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity December 2022 Greetings sensitive ones, I’m wavering between processing holiday moments and wanting to start anew. Can you relate? As I mentioned in last month’s newsletter I’ve been attempting to view my trait as an asset so I’m noticing the value it offers. Here are a few of […]
Vibrant Days – November 2022
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity November 2022 I’m bundled up beside the window waiting for first light, attempting to form a habit as Midwest winter sunrises and sunsets are spectacular. The holidays have arrived. Oof, it’s all so much. As I inch forward I’m leaning into a few things that strengthen well-being and […]
Vibrant Days – October 2022
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity October 2022 What It’s Like To Be A Highly Sensitive Person https://sensitivityresearch.com/what-its-like-to-be-a-highly-sensitive-person/ An article that keeps haunting me, in a good way. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-does-breathing-affect-your-brain-180980950/ A scene that fills me with an emotion that isn’t on the feeling wheel: the moment I hear Maria’s voice noting her return. Funniest scene […]
Vibrant Days – September 2022
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity September 2022 The Power of Inner Silence for the Highly Sensitive https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-highly-sensitive-person/201806/the-power-inner-silence-the-highly-sensitive?eml I’m not a foodie but love this show. Phil’s energy, attunement, even the way he embraces strangers inspires me. Could I learn to see each day like this man? What I have on repeat: […]
Vibrant Days – August 2022
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity August 2022 I’m pausing in the shade to allow Mother Nature to refresh my spirit. Late August in the Midwest expedites a daily deep appreciation for anything summer that remains: visits from hummingbirds on my salvias, rolling thunder with pelting rain and still getting to head outside wearing […]