How to Set Healthy Boundaries for Highly Sensitive People
I don’t know about you, but as a sensitive child, no one taught me how to create healthy boundaries. And, no one around me modeled healthy boundaries. As an empathic and compassionate child and adult, I would feel people suffering and want to help them feel better and solve their problem. If I helped them, then I wouldn’t have to feel their disappointment, depression, unhappiness, anger, frustration or sadness. I intuitively knew how to make them feel better or solve their problem. If I could just get everyone around me to feel better, I would feel better. And if I got everyone...
Read More3 Tools to Help you Find your Authentic Self
You may have heard of researcher and storyteller Dr. Brené Brown before. Dr. Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston and she has spent the past thirteen years studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. As the author of three #1 New York Times Bestsellers: Rising Strong, Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection you can find many quotes from her books, writings and TED talks online. This week, I felt really drawn to her quote about ‘Belonging.’ “Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal,...
Read MoreShame & Empathy by Dr. Brené Brown
I am discovering that to really be in your personal power it is required that you be able to be vulnerable in your connection to others. I used to believe being vulnerable was a quick death for any relationship but I got a lot of validation and a greater understanding of myself listening to Dr. Brown and I think you will too!
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