Vibrant Days – September 2023
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity September 2023 What I’m thinking about these days: Fall is a smorgasbord for the senses: milder temps, swirling geese, the sound of leaves under my shoes on the trail, outside and inside fires. Packing for a trip: why does it now take 3 times as long to pack for […]
Vibrant Days – August 2023
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity August 2023 Creating love in the lab: The 36 questions that spark intimacy By Yasmin Anwar Arthur and Elaine Aron working together during their younger years (photo courtesy of Arthur Aron) Around the time of the Summer of Love in 1967, Arthur Aron, then a UC Berkeley graduate […]
Vibrant Days – July 2023
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity July 2023 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 – […]
Vibrant Days – June 2023
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity June 2023 Summer is here. Like many of you I hold memories of lemonade stands, family vacations, waiting in line for ice cream, entire days spent outside and living with a lighter spirit. These days I’m playing in my flower garden, paying extra attention to the birds at […]
Vibrant Days – May 2023
Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity May 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 […]