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Millions of people, as much as 15 percent of the population, can't tune out harmless sensations, and instead react to them with irritation, anger, and alarm, and may even experience pain. As developmental psychologist Sharon Heller explains in this important new book, they suffer from senso ry defensiveness and desperately need help coping. Heller, who is sensory defensive herself, brings both personal and p r ofessional perspective to bear. Sensory...
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"Social justice work, we often assume, is raised voices and raised fists. It requires leading, advocating, fighting, and organizing wherever it takes place--in the streets, slums, villages, inner cities, halls of political power, and more. But what does social justice work look like for those of us who don't feel comfortable battling in the trenches? Sensitive souls--including those who consider themselves highly emotional, empathic, or introverted--have...
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Championing the world's "highly sensitive people," the force behind the world's largest online communities for sensitive people and introverts teaches readers how to unlock the potential of this undervalued strength and leverage it across the important areas of their lives. -- Provided by publisher.
Everyone has a sensitive side, but nearly 1 in 3 people have the genes to be more sensitive than others--both physically and emotionally. These are...
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Help Your Intuitive Child Thrive
Do you have a child who can walk into a room and feel "the vibe" instantly in their body? How about one who may tune into an unspoken conflict between family members or even make a remark to "be careful!" before you stumble upon a troubling situation. If so, you may be the parent of a highly intuitive, empathic child. All human beings possess intuition and empathy. Highly intuitive children (and adults) are born...
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Are you "too shy" or "too sensitive" according to others? Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water? Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? Did you have meltdowns and tantrums as a child? If your answers are yes, you may be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Most of us feel overstimulated every once in a while, but for the Highly Sensitive Person, it's a way of life. About 1...
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What is the difference between having empathy and being an empath? “Having empathy means our heart goes out to another person in joy or pain,” says Judith Orloff, MD. “But for empaths it goes much further. We actually feel others' emotions, energy, and physical symptoms in our own bodies, without the usual defenses that most people have.” With The Empath's Survival Guide, Dr. Orloff offers a practical tool set to help sensitive people develop...
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"This daily reader provides 365 days of inspiration, guidance, self-care strategies, and meditative practices. Each entry ends with an intention for the day. Each season of the year has its own introduction outlining the special gifts and challenges of that time of year"--
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If you're a highly sensitive person (HSP), you're in good company. HSP's make up some 20 percent of the population, individuals like you who both enjoy and wrestle with a finely tuned nervous system. You often sense things that others ignore such as strong smells, bright lights, and the crush of crowds. Even the presence of strangers in your immediate vicinity can cause you considerable distraction. You already know that this condition can be a gift,...
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"A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women - those with ADHD, autism, and other sensory processing differences - exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish. As a successful, Harvard - and Berkeley - educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her "symptoms" that were only ever labeled as anxiety were considered...
14) The rhino suit
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2022.
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A little girl feels everything too deeply and she does not know how to be okay with all the sadness she sees, so she makes a "rhino suit" to keep herself safe from pain--only to discover that inside the suit she is shutting out not only the pain, but the beauty and love in the world as well.
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Are you often infuriated by ticking clocks, noisy eating, loud breathing, or any other small sounds? Do you wish you could sometimes put the world on mute? You might not have heard of misophonia, but if sounds can send you spiralling, you may have experienced it. In fact, it's thought that one in five of us have it. 'Sounds Like Misophonia' is the first dedicated guide to help you make sense of the condition and design a treatment plan that works...
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"Highly sensitive people--or empaths--see life through the eyes of compassion and caring. They were born that way. As a result, they carry a tremendous amount of inner light. But they're also the favored prey of "vampires" who feed off empaths' energy and disrupt their lives on every level--physical, emotional, and financial. In Dodging Energy Vampires, Christiane Northrup, M.D., draws on the latest research in this exciting new field, along with...
18) Sensitive
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"A young girl hears messages that she's too sensitive and needs to change. The messages travel into her body, and she ultimately changes the negative comments into an affirmation that being sensitive is her strength"--
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How to cope when the world overwhelms you. For those people who: have a keen imagination; are labelled too shy or too sensitive; who perform poorly when being observed even though they are usually competent; have vivid dreams; for whom time alone each day is essential; and find they are quickly overwhelmed by noise and confusion, crowded parties, hectic office life ... this is the book to help them understand themselves and how best to cope in various...
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The author of 'The Highly Sensitive Person' and other bestselling books on the trait of high sensitivity has written an indispensable guide for the significant number of parents who are unusually attuned to their children; who think deeply about every issue affecting their kids and have strong emotions, both positive and negative, in response; and who find parenting far more stressful than parents who are not highly sensitive.
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